Vocabulary Words - Fifth Grade - A:

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• ability
  (n.) Skill or power to do something.
  
  
• absence
  (n.) The situation of not being where you should be.
  
  
• accept
  (v.) To say yes to something, to take something willingly.
  
  
• accident
  (n.) Something bad that happens without anyone meaning for it to happen.
  
  
• actual
  (adj.) Real.
  
  
• actually
  (adv.) Really, in truth.
  
  
• addicted
  (v.) Dependent on a drug or other substance.
  
  
• addiction
  (n.) The state of being physically or emotionally dependent on a substance.
  
  
• address
  (n.) Words, letters, or numbers that tell where a building, room, or Internet site is.
  
  
• adjust
  (v.) To change something or someone to be more comfortable.
  
  
• admiral
  (n.) The highest rank of a person in the navy.
  
  
• admire
  (v.) To respect or like something or someone.
  
  
• admit
  (v.) To tell the truth when you don't want to.
  (v.) To let someone enter.
  
  
• advance
  (n.) An improvement in something.
  (v.) To move forward.
  (n.) A move forward.
  
  
• advise
  (v.) To give your opinion about what someone should do.
  
  
• afford
  (v.) To be able to pay for something.
  (v.) To take a risk.
  
  
• against
  (preposition) Not agreeing with something.
  (preposition) Touching something.
  
  
• ahead
  (adv.) Forward.
  
  
• airline
  (n.) A business that flies passengers to different places by airplane.
  
  
• all-star
  (adj.) Related to the best players of a sport.
  
  
• allergic
  (adj.) Made sick by certain plants, foods, animals, or chemicals.
  
  
• allowance
  (n.) Spending money for everyday.
  
  
• already
  (adv.) Done before.
  
  
• ambulance
  (n.) A special vehicle that takes sick or injured people to the hospital.
  
  
• amount
  (n.) A total.
  
  

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