Sixth Grade - Practice Vocabulary Word List

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Vocabulary Words - Sixth Grade - E:

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  • earnings
    (n.) Money that you or a company earn in a particular time.

  • electric
    (adj.) Powered or operated by electricity.

  • electric-powered
    (adj.) To receive energy from electricity.

  • electrical
    (adj.) Relating to electricity.

  • emerge
    (v.) To come out from hiding; to become known.

  • emperor
    (n.) The male ruler of an empire.

  • empire
    (n.) A group of lands led by one person or government.

  • employee
    (n.) A person who works for a company.

  • employer
    (n.) A person, business, or organization that pays other people to work.
    (n.) A person or organization that gives people jobs.

  • enclose
    (v.) To put something inside.

  • encounter
    (v.) To meet someone or experience something.

  • endangered
    (adj.) Someone or something at risk of being harmed.

  • energy
    (n.) Power; mental or physical strength.

  • enormous
    (adj.) Very big in size.

  • enrage
    (v.) To make someone angry.

  • ensure
    (v.) To make sure that something will happen the way it should.

  • entrance
    (n.) A door or opening that you go through to enter a place.

  • envelope
    (n.) A piece of paper in which a letter is sent.

  • equal
    (adj.) The same as something else.

  • equation
    (n.) A statement in math that says that two amounts are equal.

  • equator
    (n.) The imaginary circle around the earth halfway between the north and south poles.

  • especially
    (adv.) For a special purpose or reason.
    (adv.) Uncommonly, very.

  • estate
    (n.) A person's property and money.

  • ethnic
    (adj.) Having to do with a specific race or nation.

  • everyday
    (adj.) Taking place each day.



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