Vocabulary Words - Third Grade - A:

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• above
  (preposition) Higher than.
  
  
• active
  (adj.) Always doing something, busy.
  
  
• activity
  (n.) An event.
  (n.) The state of being busy.
  
  
• actor
  (n.) A person who performs in plays, movies, or TV shows..
  
  
• adult
  (n.) A person or animal who is fully grown.
  
  
• afternoon
  (n.) The period of time between 12 p.m. and the evening.
  
  
• ago
  (adv.) How long in the past.
  
  
• aid
  (n.) Help that you give.
  
  
• aim
  (v.) To shoot or throw a bullet or ball toward a certain place.
  (n.) A goal.
  
  
• alert
  (adj.) Aware, paying attention.
  
  
• almost
  (adv.) Close to doing something.
  
  
• alone
  (adv.) Without anyone or anything.
  
  
• aloud
  (adv.) Out loud.
  
  
• amaze
  (v.) To impress.
  
  
• amazing
  (adj.) Impressive.
  
  
• among
  (conjunction) Within.
  
  
• angry
  (adj.) Mad.
  
  
• animal
  (n.) A creature that isn't a plant or a human being.
  
  
• antlers
  (n.) Plural of antler.
  
  
• any
  (pronoun) One in a group when the one that you choose is not important.
  (pronoun) With a negative verb, none.
  
  
• anyone
  (pronoun) One person in a group when the person that you choose is not important.
  (pronoun) With a negative verb, no one.
  
  
• apart
  (adj.) Not together, in pieces.
  
  
• apron
  (n.) A piece of cloth that you wear over your clothes to protect them when you are working.
  
  
• aren't
  (v.) Also are not, to not exist or happen at a time or place.
  (v.) Also are not, connects people, places, or things with a word that does not describe them.
  
  
• arranged
  (v.) Organized.
  
  

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