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Vocabulary Words – 4th Grade 2009-1020
Vocabulary Homework:
 Every night practice saying the words at least 5 times. You should
be able to read the list of words in about 10-15 seconds by the end
of the week.
 Tuesday nights – Write each word and its definition two times
each.
 Thursday nights – Write each word in a sentence. ALL
SENTENCES MUST HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN WORDS IN
THEM. NO SENTENCE MAY BEGIN WITH THE WORD “I.”
Week 1 – synonyms (A word that means the same as another word.)

1) romp – to play
2) startle – to surprise someone
3) appoint – to choose someone
4) grief – sorrow
5) jittery – nervous
6) sweltering – extremely hot
7) glee – delight or happiness
8) vessel – a ship
9) pledge – promise
10 triumph – a victory
Week 2 – synonyms (A word that means the same as another word.)

1) unfurl – unfold
2) vast – great or big
3) thaw – to melt
4) nimble – quick
5) din – loud noise
6) trophy – prize
7) garment – something you wear
8) eerie – strange
9) chide – to scold someone
10 fret – worry
Week 3 – antonyms (A word that means the opposite of another word.)
1) native – comes from here
2) foreign – comes from someplace else
3) excited – full of excitement and energy
4) calm – relaxed
5) dissimilar – not alike
6) identical – exactly the same
7) reduce – to make smaller
8) enlarge – to make larger
9) appear – to show up
10 vanish – to disappear
Week 4 – antonyms (A word that means the opposite of another word.)

1) collect – to gather
2) disperse – to give out
3) torrent – a flood or a lot of something
4) trickle – a drop or just a little of something
5) maintain – to keep something
6) discontinue – to stop something
7) snare – to catch something
8) release – to let something go
9) methodical – to do something slowly and carefully
10 haphazard – to do something without any care or order
Week 5 – Compound Words (A word made up of two smaller words put

together.)
1) driftwood – wood floating on a body of water
2) beanstalk – the stalk on which beans grow
3) waterfront – land along the body of water
4) quicksand – a loose sand and water that gives way under weight
5) cardboard – a stiff, heavy paper
6) textbook – a book used to learn about a subject
7) junkyard – a place for the collection and storage of trash
8) landmark – a building or place that marks an event
9) sunburn – inflammation of the skin caused by too much sun
10 gingerbread – a kind of cake or cookie made with ginger
Week 6 – Homophones (A word that sounds like another word but has a
different meaning and a different spelling.)
1) boar – a wild pig
2) bore – an uninteresting person
3) sweet - having the flavor of sugar
4) suite –a group of rooms that are connected
5) vein – a vessel that carries blood to your heart
6) vain – someone who is extremely proud
7) metal – a substance such as iron, copper, silver, lead or brass
8) mettle - courage
9) boulder – a large rock
10 bolder – to feel braver
Week 7 – Homographs (A word that is spelled that same as another

word but has a different meaning and sometimes a different
pronunciation.)
1) prune – a dried plum
2) prune – to trim something
3) desert – a region with little rainfall
4) desert – to leave a person alone
5) grouse – a kind of bird
6) grouse – to complain
7) bass – a kind of fish
8) bass – the low singing voice of a man
9) sewer – someone who sews
10 sewer - a pipe for carrying away waste
Week 8 – Eponyms (Words that come from the name of a person or

place.)
1) braille – a system of writing with raised dots for blind people (Named
after Louis Braille.)
2) guppy – a small, colorful fish (Named after R.J.L. Guppy)
3) sandwich – two pieces of bread with a filling between them (Named
after The Earl of Sandwich.)
4) titanic – huge or great (Named after the Titans who were powerful
Greek gods.)
5) saxophone – a musical instrument (Named after Antoine Sax who
invented it.)
6) Ferris wheel – a ride with seats hanging from a large wheel that turns
(Named after George Ferris.)
7) bloomers – long pants gathered at the knee (Named after Amelia
Bloomer.)
8) limerick – a funny five-line poem (Named after a place in Ireland.)
9) tweed – a woolen cloth made with two or more colors of yarn (Named
after the Tweed River in Scotland.)
10 jovial – a person who is jolly (Named after Jove, a Roman god also
called Jupiter.)
Week 9 – Words from other languages

1) mustang – a wild horse (Spanish)
2) avocado – a tropical fruit that grows on trees (Spanish)
3) patio – an outdoor space used for relaxing near a house (Spanish)
4) rodeo – a show with horseback riding and roping (Spanish)
5) caboose – the last car on a freight train (Dutch)
6) waffle – a breakfast cake made from batter (Dutch)
7) sleigh – a kind of sled (Dutch)
8) yacht – a boat used for pleasure (Dutch)
9) ski – a long flat runner worn on the foot (Danish)
10 skull – the bones of your head (Danish)

1) gong – a kind of bell that makes a deep sound when struck (Malay)
2) paddy – a flooded field where rice grows (Malay)
3) umbrella – something that protects you from rain or sun (Italian)
4) ravioli – a small pocket of pasta filled with meat or cheese (Italian)
5) opera – a story performed in song and music (Italian)
6) trampoline – canvas with springs used as a springboard (Italian)
7) judo – a sport and form of self-defense using the body (Japanese)
8) futon – a kind of mattress (Japanese)
9) depot – a station or storehouse (French)
10 corduroy – a cotton cloth with ridges (French)
Week 11 – Clips (A word that has been shortened or clipped.)
1) deli – a store that sells prepared foods (short for delicatessen)
2) condo – an apartment that is owned instead of rented (short for
condominium)
3) disco – a nightclub where people go to dance (short for discotheque)
4) mayo – a sauce that people use on sandwiches and salads (short for
mayonnaise)
5) vet – a doctor for animals (short for veterinarian)
6) gas – a fluid used as fuel (short for gasoline)
7) gym – a place for sports and exercise (short for gymnasium)
8) flu – an illness that causes high temperatures and aches (short for
influenza)
9) dorm – a building at college where students live (short for dormitory)
10 drape – a covering over a window (short for drapery)
Week 12 – Blends (A word formed when parts of two words are

combined or blended together.)
1) moped – a bicycle with a motor (motor and pedal)
2) brunch – a meal that combines breakfast and lunch
3) smash – to shatter something (smack and mash)
4) smog – a fog that is polluted (fog and smoke)
5) heliport – something from which helicopters take off and land
(helicopter and airport)
6) cheeseburger – a hamburger with cheese
7) twirl – to turn around (twist and whirl)
8) motel – a hotel for motorists (motor and hotel)
9) telecast – what is shown on t.v. (television and broadcast)
10 chortle – a type of laugh (chuckle and snort)
Week 13 – Coined Words (When something new is invented it needs a

name. A made-up name is called a coined word.)
1) astronaut – a pilot of a spacecraft.
2) skyscraper – a very tall building
3) suburb – a community outside a large city
4) nylon – a material made from chemicals
5) hatchback – a car with a hatch in the back
6) takeout – prepared food that you take home to eat
7) jazz – music with strong rhythm and an accented beat that falls in
unusual places
8) monorail – a train that runs on a single track
9) laptop – a small portable computer
10 infomercial – a TV program that gives information and also sells a
product
Week 14 – Word Stories (Many words have interesting stories about

their origins.)
1) panic – a sudden and unreasonable fear (The ancient Greeks thought
the god Pan made frightening noises in the woods.)
2) vandalism – the destruction of valued things (This word comes from
the name of a tribe that sacked Rome in 455 – Vandals.)
3) flashy – something that is colorful and stands out (Gypsies who
dressed in bright clothes lived in an English village called Flash.)
4) popcorn – a food made by heating kernels (When corn grains explode,
they make a popping sound.)
5) gargantuan – extremely huge (A book by a French author was about a
giant called Gargantua.)
6) jeep – a powerful car with a four-wheel drive (A General Purpose
vehicle in the army was called a GP.)
7) china – a fine pottery used to make dishes (Dishes made of fine
pottery first came from China.)
8) funny bone – the place where a nerve passes your bended elbow (The
nerve passes through your humerus bone, the bone in the top part of
your arm. Get it? Humerus? Humorous?)
9) pineapple – a fruit that looks like a pinecone (The name of this
tropical fruit means “apple of the pine.”)
10 eavesdrop – to listen in on someone’s conversation (From Iddle
English the evesdrop is a place where water falls from the eaves of the
house. A person listening in would stand behind that area to hear what
was being said.)
Week 15 – Newspaper Jargon (The special vocabulary used by people

who work at certain jobs is called jargon.)
1) dummy – a model of how a page will look
2) masthead – the section of the newspaper that lists the names of a
newspaper’s publishers and editors
3) beat – the subject that a report covers
4) scoop – if a newspaper publishes a big story before anyone else, it’s a
scoop
5) bleeds – when a picture goes to the edge of a page
6) crop – if you cut off part of a picture, you crop it
7) widow – a word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
8) headline – the title of a story in a newspaper
9) typo – a mistake in a printed word caused by hitting the wrong letter
key
10 stringer – a reporter who is not on the newspaper staff but sends in
stories
Week 16 – Funny Words

1) poppycock - nonsense
2) slugabed – someone who is lazy
3) bamboozle – to trick someone
4) scalawag – a rascal or a scamp
5) polliwog – a tadpole (frog in a very young stage)
6) ballyhoo – an uproar about something
7) dillydally – waste time
8) hobnob – on familiar terms with someone
9) bonkers – crazy
10 gobbledygook – is writing or speaking that is long and windy and hard
to understand
Week 17 – Prefixes super, dis, pre, semi, uni (A prefix is a word part that
is added to the beginning of a word. A prefix changes the meaning of the
word.)
super – more than uni – one dis – not; away
pre – before semi - half
1) supermarket – a large food store
2) superhuman – someone who shows extra strength or power
3) displease – to annoy someone
4) dishonest – a person who cheats or lies
5) preview – to see something in advance
6) prehistoric – before recorded history
7) semicircle – half a circle
8) semiprecious – jewels that aren’t as valuable as real ones
9) unicycle – a vehicle with one wheel
10 unicorn – an imaginary animal with one horn on its forehead
Week 18 – Prefixes, non, en, multip, post, trans (A prefix is a word part
that is added to the beginning of a word. A prefix changes the meaning
of the word.)
non- not mutli – many trans – across
en – to cause post - after
1) nonfiction – books that are about real people and events
2) nonstop – to not stop along the way
3) enrage – to make someone very angry
4) endanger – to put someone in harm’s way
5) multicolored – something with many colors
6) multipurpose – something that has many uses
7) postdate – to write down a date later than the true date
8) postscript – something added to the end of a letter after the signature
9) transcontinental – means across the continent
10 transplant – to move something from one place to another
Week 19 – Suffixes – ship, able, ous, hood, ty (A suffix is a word part that
is added to the end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning of the
word.)
-ship and –ty – condition of being able – that can be
ous – full of hood – a state of being
1) kinship – related by blood
2) leadership – the ability to lead
3) remarkable - special
4) profitable – something you can make money on
5) envious – jealous or wanting what someone else has
6) joyous - happy
7) brotherhood - fellowship
8) neighborhood – an area in a community
9) frailty - weakness
10 royalty – being royal
Week 20 – Reading Words
1) genre – a type of text (fiction, non-fiction, play, poetry, etc.)
2) poetry – a piece of literature written in verse
3) persuasive – text that convinces a reader to believe something
4) non-fiction – factual information about real people, places or events
5) simile – a comparison between two unlike things using the words like
or as (He is a strong as an ox.)
6) alliteration – repetition of the first sound in words (Silly Sally sang.)
7) dialogue – characters’ conversation in a story
8) foreshadowing – giving a sign or suggestion of what will happen later
in a story
9) metaphor – a word for one idea or thing that is used in place of
another to suggest a likeness between them (The ship plows the sea.)
10 narrator – the one telling the story

1) script – the text of a play, broadcast or movie
2) personification – a figure of speech in which an object has the
qualities of a person (The dog read the book.)
3) hyperbole – a figure of speech that exaggerates the truth (I am
starving.)
4) stanza – a part of a poem with two or more lines
5) theme – the big idea or message of a story that connects the
characters, setting and plot
6) caption – a brief explanation that describes an illustration or
photograph
7) glossary – a list of words and their definitions often found at the back
of the book
8) index – an alphabetized listing of terms or subjects that gives the page
number where it can be found in the story
9) italics – a style of printing with letters slanted to the right
10 headings – titles within an article that identify each new topic
Week 22 – Greek word parts photos, tele, phobos, syn, phone
photos – light tele – far away, distant phobos – fear
syn – with, together phone – sound
1) photograph – picture created by light (photo means light; graph means
to draw or write)
2) photosynthesis – (photo means light; syn means together; thesis
means putting) – the process by which plants use light to create food
3) telescope – an items used for looking at distant objects
4) telegraph – a system used to transmit messages from a distance
5) claustrophobia – fear of closed places
6) hydrophobia – (hydro means water) fear of water
7) synthesis – combining several things together
8) synonym – two words with the same meaning
9) sympathy – to feel what someone else may be feeling
10 microphone – an item used to record small sounds
Week 23 – Latin word parts pro, ad, pes/pedis, dens/dentis, corpus

pro – for/before/forward/in place of ad – to/toward/near/next to
pes/pedis – foot dens/dentis – tooth corpus - body
1) profess – to admit something
2) prologue – the section before the beginning of a book
3) adequate – even with or equal to
4) admire – to look at with wonder or amazement
5) pedestal – the foot of a column
6) pedicure – professional care and treatment of the feet
7) dentist – a tooth doctor
8) denture – set of false teeth
9) corpse – dead body
10 corps – military division organized as a body (marine corps)
Week 24 – Long o/oa; ai; ee; ea

1) cocoa – a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with water or hot
milk
2) bay – a small body of water off the shoreline
3) delay – to postpone or put off until later
4) Mayflower – the ship in which Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to
the New World in 1620
5) plain – not very pretty
6) kneecap – the protective covering for the knee
7) teasing – to irritate or annoy
8) repeal – to withdraw officially
9) wealthy - rich
10 threaten – to say that you will harm someone
Week 25 – Final e rule

1) gale – a very strong wind
2) rescue – to save someone from danger
3) type – a kind or sort of (classifying)
4) excite – to stir up emotions
5) describe – to tell about in detail
6) device – an invention for a particular purpose
7) abode – a place where someone lives
8) orate – to make a formal public speech
9) sage – wise, solemn or sound
10 cease – to put an end to or to stop
Week 26 – tion/sion endings

1) location – the site or position of something
2) fiction – literary works based on imaginary people and events
3) information – knowledge; gathered facts
4) population – all of the people who live in a certain area
5) conversation – casual talk
6) condition – the state of health of someone
7) decision – something somebody has settled on
8) avocation – something people do for pleasure, apart from their regular
job
9) illumination – a decoration of lights
10 conjunction – words that connect phrases such as but, and, or
Week 27 – short vowels

1) mass – a lump or a body of matter
2) conflict – a disagreement
3) withdraw – to remove
4) cause – the reason for the action
5) proper – suitable or correct
6) guilty – responsible for wrongdoing
7) gravity – the force that pulls objects down toward Earth
8) comet – an astronomical object with a long tail
9) janitor – a cleaning and maintenance person
10 friendship – the relationship between two people who get along
Week 28 – un prefix
1) unfair – not fair or just
2) unsure – not certain
3) uneven – not level or flat
4) unknown – not known
5) unless – except for
6) unnecessary – not essential or not necessary
7) unbelievable – incredible; not believable
8) unkempt – not tidy; not properly cared for
9) unflagging – never giving up
10 unassuming – modest, humble, down-to-earth
Week 29 – ful suffix

1) fearful – being frightened
2) skillful – being good at something
3) successful – having a good outcome
4) peaceful – free from war or violence
5) meaningful – full of purpose or value
6) merciful – full of compassion
7) plentiful – more than enough of something
8) slothful – lazy or slow
9) grateful - thankful
10 fanciful – imaginary or fun
Week 30 – Strong verbs

1) devour – to eat quickly in a greedy way
2) reverberate – to echo repeatedly or bounce back and forth
3) sneer – to smile in a mean, mocking or sarcastic way
4) gape – to stare with a wide-open mouth
5) glower – to give a hard, angry frown or stare
6) saunter – to stroll or walk along in a casual way
7) clamber – to climb awkwardly using both hands and feet
8) slither – to slip and slide along the ground like a snake
9) grapple – to struggle with something
10 collide – to crash together
Week 31 – Strong nouns

1) novice – a beginner or someone who’s not very experienced
2) arc – a curve (in math, it’s part of a circle)
3) orb – anything ball-shaped
4) saga – a long story that describes the adventures of heroes
5) sleuth – a detective
6) girth – the measurement around the middle of something
7) mayhem – a situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or
destruction
8) malady – a disease or illness
9) mirth – happiness and merry fun
10 veranda - an open porch, often with a roof, built along the side of a
building
Week 32 – Strong Adjectives

1) flummoxed – totally confused or puzzled
2) avid – extremely eager and enthusiastic
3) ecstatic – overjoyed, delighted and thrilled
4) dogged – stubborn; never giving up
5) catty – nasty or hurtful
6) middling – ordinary; not special
7) riveting – totally fascinating or exciting
8) haphazard – disorganized, random or by chance
9) gossamer – anything very thin, light and delicate (like a spider’s web)
10 rambunctious – wild, noisy, rowdy, disorderly or unruly
Week 33 – Emotions
1) ecstasy – overpowering happiness
2) melancholy – overpowering sadness; very gloomy or depressed
3) pout – to stick out your lips and show displeasure
4) scorn – to treat badly; to make fun of
5) wicked - evil
6) peril - danger
7) mourn – to feel sorrow for the dead
8) remorse – to regret something bad you did
9) crafty – sly or tricky
10 ignore – to not pay attention to
Week 34 – Body Parts – Expressions

1) Be knee deep – very involved
2) To have guts – to be brave
3) Win by a hair – barely win
4) Go arm-in-arm – go together
5) Hang on by a fingernail – barely do it
6) Fight tooth and nail – fight as hard as possible
7) Get a tongue lashing – to scold
8) Have a nose for news – to be good at finding out information and
news
9) See eyeball to eyeball – understand each other
10 Run neck and neck – be very close
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Vocabulary Words
Week 1 - synonyms
(A word that means the same as another word.)
 Every night practice saying the words at least 5 times.
You should be able to read the list of words in about 10-15
seconds by the end of the week.
 Tuesday nights – Write each word and its definition two
times each.
SENTENCES MUST HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN WORDS
IN THEM. NO SENTENCE MAY BEGIN WITH THE
WORD “I.”
1. romp – to play
2. startle – to surprise someone
3. appoint – to choose someone
4. grief – sorrow
5. jittery – nervous
6. sweltering – extremely hot
7. glee – delight or happiness
8. vessel – a ship
9. pledge – promise
10 triumph – a victory

Vocabulary Words
Week 2 - synonyms
(A word that means the same as another word.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. unfurl – unfold
2. vast – great or big
3. thaw – to melt
4. nimble – quick
5. din – loud noise
6. trophy – prize
7. garment – something you wear
8. eerie – strange
9. chide – to scold someone
10 fret – worry

Vocabulary Words
Week 3 - antonyms
(A word that means the opposite
of another word.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. native – comes from here

2. foreign – comes from someplace else
3. excited – full of excitement and energy
4. calm – relaxed
5. dissimilar – not alike
6. identical – exactly the same
7. reduce – to make smaller
8. enlarge – to make larger
9. appear – to show up
10 vanish – to disappear

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Vocabulary Words
Week 4 - antonyms
(A word that means the opposite
of another word.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. collect – to gather
2. disperse – to give out
3. torrent – a flood or a lot of something
4. trickle – a drop or just a little of something
5. maintain – to keep something
6. discontinue – to stop something
7. snare – to catch something
8. release – to let something go
9. methodical – to do something slowly and carefully
10 haphazard – to do something without any care or order

Vocabulary Words
Week 5 – compound words
(A word made up of two smaller words put
together)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. driftwood – wood floating on a body of water

2. beanstalk – the stalk on which beans grow
3. waterfront – land along the body of water
4. quicksand – a loose sand and water that gives way under weight
5. cardboard – a stiff, heavy paper
6. textbook – a book used to learn about a subject
7. junkyard – a place for the collection and storage of trash
8. landmark – a building or place that marks an event
9. sunburn – inflammation of the skin caused by too much sun
10 gingerbread – a kind of cake or cookie made with ginger

Vocabulary Words
Week 6 – homophones
(A word that sounds like another word but has
a different meaning and different spelling.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. boar – a wild pig

2. bore – an uninteresting person
3. sweet - having the flavor of sugar
4. suite –a group of rooms that are connected
5. vein – a vessel that carries blood to your heart
6. vain – someone who is extremely proud
7. metal – a substance such as iron, copper, silver, lead or brass
8. mettle - courage
9. boulder – a large rock
10 bolder – to feel braver

Vocabulary Words
Week 7 – Homographs
(A word that is spelled the same as another
word but has a different meaning and
sometimes a different pronunciation.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. prune – a dried plum

2. prune – to trim something
3. desert – a region with little rainfall
4. desert – to leave a person alone
5. grouse – a kind of bird
6. grouse – to complain
7. bass – a kind of fish
8. bass – the low singing voice of a man
9. sewer – someone who sews
10 sewer - a pipe for carrying away waste

Vocabulary Words
Week 8 – Eponyms
(Words that come from the name of a person or place.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1) braille – a system of writing with raised dots for blind people

(Named after Louis Braille.)
2) guppy – a small, colorful fish (Named after R.J.L. Guppy)
3) sandwich – two pieces of bread with a filling between them
(Named after The Earl of Sandwich.)
4) titanic – huge or great (Named after the Titans who were powerful
Greek gods.)
5) saxophone – a musical instrument (Named after Antoine Sax who
invented it.)
6) Ferris wheel – a ride with seats hanging from a large wheel that
turns (Named after George Ferris.)
7) bloomers – long pants gathered at the knee (Named after Amelia
Bloomer.)
8) limerick – a funny five-line poem (Named after a place in Ireland.)
9) tweed – a woolen cloth made with two or more colors of yarn
(Named after the Tweed River in Scotland.)
10) jovial – a person who is jolly (Named after Jove, a Roman god
also called Jupiter.)
Vocabulary Words

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. mustang – a wild horse (Spanish)

2. avocado – a tropical fruit that grows on trees (Spanish)
3. patio – an outdoor space used for relaxing near a house (Spanish)
4. rodeo – a show with horseback riding and roping (Spanish)
5. caboose – the last car on a freight train (Dutch)
6. waffle – a breakfast cake made from batter (Dutch)
7. sleigh – a kind of sled (Dutch)
8. yacht – a boat used for pleasure (Dutch)
9. ski – a long flat runner worn on the foot (Danish)
10. skull – the bones of your head (Danish)

Vocabulary Words

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. gong – a kind of bell that makes a deep sound when struck (Malay)
2. paddy – a flooded field where rice grows (Malay)
3. umbrella – something that protects you from rain or sun (Italian)
4. ravioli – a small pocket of pasts filled with meat or cheese (Italian)
5. opera – a story performed in song and music (Italian)
6. trampoline – canvas with springs used as a springboard (Italian)
7. judo – a sport and form of self-defense using the body (Japanese)
8. futon – a kind of mattress (Japanese)
9. depot – a station or storehouse (French)
10. corduroy – a cotton cloth with ridges (French)

Vocabulary Words
Week 11 – Clips
(A word that has been shortened or clipped.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. deli – a store that sells prepared foods (short for delicatessen)

2. condo – an apartment that is owned instead of rented (short for
condominium)
3. disco – a nightclub where people go to dance (short for discotheque)
4. mayo – a sauce that people use on sandwiches and salads (short for
mayonnaise)
5. vet – a doctor for animals (short for veterinarian)
6. gas – a fluid used as fuel (short for gasoline)
7. gym – a place for sports and exercise (short for gymnasium)
8. flu – an illness that causes high temperatures and aches (short for
influenza)
9. dorm – a building at college where students live (short for dormitory)
10. drape – a covering over a window (short for drapery)

Vocabulary Words
Week 12 – Blends
(A word formed when parts of two words are
combined or blended together.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. moped – a bicycle with a motor (motor and pedal)

2. brunch – a meal that combines breakfast and lunch
3. smash – to shatter something (smack and mash)
4. smog – a fog that is polluted (fog and smoke)
5. heliport – something from which helicopters take off and land
(helicopter and airport)
6. cheeseburger – a hamburger with cheese
7. twirl – to turn around (twist and whirl)
8. motel – a hotel for motorists (motor and hotel)
9. telecast – what is shown on t.v. (television and broadcast)
10. chortle – a type of laugh (chuckle and snort)

Vocabulary Words
Week 13 – Coined Words
(When something new is invented it needs a
name. A made-up name is called a coined
word.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. astronaut – a pilot of a spacecraft.

2. skyscraper – a very tall building
3. suburb – a community outside a large city
4. nylon – a material made from chemicals
5. hatchback – a car with a hatch in the back
6. takeout – prepared food that you take home to eat
7. jazz – music with strong rhythm and an accented beat that falls in
unusual places
8. monorail – a train that runs on a single track
9. laptop – a small portable computer
10. infomercial – a TV program that gives information and also sells a
product

Vocabulary Words * Week 14 – Word Stories
(Many words have interesting stories about their origins.)
 Every night practice saying the words at least 5 times. You should
be able to read the list of words in about 10-15 seconds by the end
of the week.
 Tuesday nights – Write each word and its definition two times
each.

THEM. NO SENTENCE MAY BEGIN WITH THE WORD “I.”
1) panic – a sudden and unreasonable fear (The ancient Greeks

thought the god Pan made frightening noises in the woods.)
2) vandalism – the destruction of valued things (This word comes
from the name of a tribe that sacked Rome in 455 – Vandals.)
3) flashy – something that is colorful and stands out (Gypsies who
dressed in bright clothes lived in an English village called Flash.)
4) popcorn – a food made by heating kernels (When corn grains
explode, they make a popping sound.)
5) gargantuan – extremely huge (A book by a French author was
about a giant called Gargantua.)
6) jeep – a powerful car with a four-wheel drive (A General Purpose
vehicle in the army was called a GP.)
7) china – a fine pottery used to make dishes (Dishes made of fine
pottery first came from China.)
8) funny bone – the place where a nerve passes your bended elbow
(The nerve passes through your humerus bone, the bone in the top
part of your arm. Get it? Humerus? Humorous?)
9) pineapple – a fruit that looks like a pinecone (The name of this
tropical fruit means “apple of the pine.”)
10) eavesdrop – to listen in on someone’s conversation (From Iddle
English the evesdrop is a place where water falls from the eaves of
the house. A person listening in would stand behind that area to
hear what was being said.)
Vocabulary Words
Week 15 – Newspaper Jargon
(This special vocabulary used by people who
work at certain jobs is called jargon.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. dummy – a model of how a page will look

2. masthead – the section of the newspaper that lists the names of a
newspaper’s publishers and editors
3. beat – the subject that a report covers
4. scoop – if a newspaper publishes a big story before anyone else, it’s a
scoop
5. bleeds – when a picture goes to the edge of a page
6. crop – if you cut off part of a picture, you crop it
7. widow – a word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
8. headline – the title of a story in a newspaper
9. typo – a mistake in a printed word caused by hitting the wrong letter
key
10. stringer – a reporter who is not on the newspaper staff but sends in
stories
Vocabulary Words
Week 16 – Funny Words

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. poppycock - nonsense
2. slugabed – someone who is lazy
3. bamboozle – to trick someone
4. scalawag – a rascal or a scamp
5. polliwog – a tadpole (frog in a very young stage)
6. ballyhoo – an uproar about something
7. dillydally – waste time
8. hobnob – on familiar terms with someone
9. bonkers – crazy
10.gobbledygook – is writing or speaking that is long and windy and hard
to understand

Vocabulary Words
Week 17 – Prefixes super, dis, pre, semi, uni
(A prefix is a word part that is added to the
beginning of a word. A prefix changes the
meaning of the word.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
super – more than uni – one dis – not; away

pre – before semi – half
1. supermarket – a large food store

2. superhuman – someone who shows extra strength or power
3. displease – to annoy someone
4. dishonest – a person who cheats or lies
5. preview – to see something in advance
6. prehistoric – before recorded history
7. semicircle – half a circle
8. semiprecious – jewels that aren’t as valuable as real ones
9. unicycle – a vehicle with one wheel
10.unicorn – an imaginary animal with one horn on its forehead
Vocabulary Words
Week 18 – Prefixes non, multi, trans, en, post
(A prefix is a word part that is added to the
beginning of a word. A prefix changes the
meaning of the word.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
non- not mutli – many trans – across

en – to cause post – after
1. nonfiction – books that are about real people and events

2. nonstop – to not stop along the way
3. enrage – to make someone very angry
4. endanger – to put someone in harm’s way
5. multicolored – something with many colors
6. multipurpose – something that has many uses
7. postdate – to write down a date later than the true date
8. postscript – something added to the end of a letter after the signature
9. transcontinental – means across the continent
10.transplant – to move something from one place to another
Vocabulary Words
Week 19 – Suffixes ship, able, ous, hood, ty
(A suffix is a word part that is added to the
end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning
of the word.)

times each.
Thursday nights – Write each word in a sentence. ALL

THEM. NO SENTENCE
-ship and –ty – condition of being able – that can be

ous – full of
hood – a state of being
1. kinship – related by blood
2. leadership – the ability to lead
3. remarkable - special
4. profitable – something you can make money on
5. envious – jealous or wanting what someone else has
6. joyous - happy
7. brotherhood - fellowship
8. neighborhood – an area in a community
9. frailty - weakness
10.royalty – being royal

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Vocabulary Words

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. genre – a type of text (fiction, non-fiction, play, poetry, etc.)

2. poetry – a piece of literature written in verse
3. persuasive – text that convinces a reader to believe something
4. non-fiction – factual information about real people, places or events
5. simile – a comparison between two unlike things using the words like
or as (He is a strong as an ox.)
6. alliteration – repetition of the first sound in words (Silly Sally sang.)
7. dialogue – characters’ conversation in a story
8. foreshadowing – giving a sign or suggestion of what will happen later
in a story
9. metaphor – a word for one idea or thing that is used in place of
another to suggest a likeness between them (The ship plows the sea.)
10.narrator – the one telling the story

Vocabulary Words

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. script – the text of a play, broadcast or movie

2. personification – a figure of speech in which an object has the
qualities of a person (The dog read the book.)
3. hyperbole – a figure of speech that exaggerates the truth (I am
starving.)
4. stanza – a part of a poem with two or more lines
5. theme – the big idea or message of a story that connects the
characters, setting and plot
6. caption – a brief explanation that describes an illustration or
photograph
7. glossary – a list of words and their definitions often found at the back
of the book
8. index – an alphabetized listing of terms or subjects that gives the page
number where it can be found in the story
9. italics – a style of printing with letters slanted to the right
10.headings – titles within an article that identify each new topic
Vocabulary Words
Week 22 – Greek Word parts photos, tele,
phobos, syn, phone

times each.

WORD “I.”
photos – light tele – far away, distant phobos – fear

syn – with, together phone – sound
1. photograph – picture created by light (photo means light; graph means

to draw or write)
2. photosynthesis – (photo means light; syn means together; thesis
means putting) – the process by which plants use light to create food
3. telescope – an items used for looking at distant objects
4. telegraph – a system used to transmit messages from a distance
5. claustrophobia – fear of closed places
6. hydrophobia – (hydro means water) fear of water
7. synthesis – combining several things together
8. synonym – two words with the same meaning
9. sympathy – to feel what someone else may be feeling
10.microphone – an item used to record small sounds

Week 23 – Latin Word parts pro, ad,
pes/pedis, dentis, corpus

times each.

WORD “I.”
pro – for/before/forward/in place of ad – to/toward/near/next to

pes/pedis – foot dens/dentis – tooth corpus – body
1. profess – to admit something

2. prologue – the section before the beginning of a book
3. adequate – even with or equal to
4. admire – to look at with wonder or amazement
5. pedestal – the foot of a column
6. pedicure – professional care and treatment of the feet
7. dentist – a tooth doctor
8. denture – set of false teeth
9. corpse – dead body
10. corps – military division organized as a body (marine corps)

Week 24 – Words with long o/oa; ai; ee; ea

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. cocoa – a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with water or hot

milk
2. bay – a small body of water off the shoreline
3. delay – to postpone or put off until later
4. Mayflower – the ship in which Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to
the New World in 1620
5. plain – not very pretty
6. kneecap – the protective covering for the knee
7. teasing – to irritate or annoy
8. repeal – to withdraw officially
9. wealthy - rich
10. threaten – to say that you will harm someone

Week 25 – Words with final “e” rule (When
there is an “e” at the end of the word, the
vowel sound before the “e” is long.)

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. gale – a very strong wind

2. rescue – to save someone from danger
3. type – a kind or sort of (classifying)
4. excite – to stir up emotions
5. describe – to tell about in detail
6. device – an invention for a particular purpose
7. abode – a place where someone lives
8. orate – to make a formal public speech
9. sage – wise, solemn or sound
10. cease – to put an end to or to stop

Week 26 – Words with tion/sion endings

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. location – the site or position of something

2. fiction – literary works based on imaginary people and events
3. information – knowledge; gathered facts
4. population – all of the people who live in a certain area
5. conversation – casual talk
6. condition – the state of health of someone
7. decision – something someday has settled on
8. avocation – something people do for pleasure, apart from their regular
job
9. illumination – a decoration of lights
10. conjunction – words that connect phrases such as but, and, or

Week 27 – Words with short vowels

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. mass – a lump or a body of matter

2. conflict – a disagreement
3. withdraw – to remove
4. cause – the reason for the action
5. proper – suitable or correct
6. guilty – responsible for wrongdoing
7. gravity – the force that pulls objects down toward Earth
8. comet – an astronomical object with a long tail
9. janitor – a cleaning and maintenance person
10.friendship – the relationship between two people who get along

Week 28 – Words with “un” prefix

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. unfair – not fair or just

2. unsure – not certain
3. uneven – not level or flat
4. unknown – not known
5. unless – except for
6. unnecessary – not essential or not necessary
7. unbelievable – incredible; not believable
8. unkempt – not tidy; not properly cared for
9. unflagging – never giving up
10.unassuming – modest, humble, down-to-earth

Week 29 – Words with “ful” suffix

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. fearful – being frightened

2. skillful – being good at something
3. successful – having a good outcome
4. peaceful – free from war or violence
5. meaningful – full of purpose or value
6. merciful – full of compassion
7. plentiful – more than enough of something
8. slothful – lazy or slow
9. grateful - thankful
10.fanciful – imaginary or fun

Week 30 – Strong Verbs

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. devour – to eat quickly in a greedy way

2. reverberate – to echo repeatedly or bounce back and forth
3. sneer – to smile in a mean, mocking or sarcastic way
4. gape – to stare with a wide-open mouth
5. glower – to give a hard, angry frown or stare
6. saunter – to stroll or walk along in a casual way
7. clamber – to climb awkwardly using both hands and feet
8. slither – to slip and slide along the ground like a snake
9. grapple – to struggle with something
10.collide – to crash together

Week 31 – Strong Nouns

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. novice – a beginner or someone who’s not very experienced

2. arc – a curve (in math, it’s part of a circle)
3. orb – anything ball-shaped
4. saga – a long story that describes the adventures of heroes
5. sleuth – a detective
6. girth – the measurement around the middle of something
7. mayhem – a situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or
destruction
8. malady – a disease or illness
9. mirth – happiness and merry fun
10.veranda - an open porch, often with a roof, built along the side of a
building

Week 32 – Strong Adjectives

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. flummoxed – totally confused or puzzled

2. avid – extremely eager and enthusiastic
3. ecstatic – overjoyed, delighted and thrilled
4. dogged – stubborn; never giving up
5. catty – nasty or hurtful
6. middling – ordinary; not special
7. riveting – totally fascinating or exciting
8. haphazard – disorganized, random or by chance
9. gossamer – anything very thin, light and delicate (like a spider’s web)
10.rambunctious – wild, noisy, rowdy, disorderly or unruly

Week 33 – Emotions

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. ecstasy – overpowering happiness

2. melancholy – overpowering sadness; very gloomy or depressed
3. pout – to stick out your lips and show displeasure
4. scorn – to treat badly; to make fun of
5. wicked - evil
6. peril - danger
7. mourn – to feel sorrow for the dead
8. remorse – to regret something bad you did
9. crafty – sly or tricky
10.ignore – to not pay attention to

Week 34 – Body Parts - Expressions

times each.

WORD “I.”
1. Be knee deep – very involved

2. To have guts – to be brave
3. Win by a hair – barely win
4. Go arm-in-arm – go together
5. Hang on by a fingernail – barely do it
6. Fight tooth and nail – fight as hard as possible
7. Get a tongue lashing – to scold
8. Have a nose for news – to be good at finding out information and
news
9. See eyeball to eyeball – understand each other
10.Run neck and neck – be very close


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Vocabulary Words – 4th Grade 2009-1020

Week 1 – synonyms (A word that means the same as another word.)

Week 2 – synonyms (A word that means the same as another word.)

Week 4 – antonyms (A word that means the opposite of another word.)

Week 5 – Compound Words (A word made up of two smaller words put

Week 7 – Homographs (A word that is spelled that same as another

Week 8 – Eponyms (Words that come from the name of a person or

Week 9 – Words from other languages

Week 10 – Words from other languages

Week 12 – Blends (A word formed when parts of two words are

Week 13 – Coined Words (When something new is invented it needs a

Week 14 – Word Stories (Many words have interesting stories about

Week 15 – Newspaper Jargon (The special vocabulary used by people

Week 16 – Funny Words

Week 21 – Reading Words

Week 23 – Latin word parts pro, ad, pes/pedis, dens/dentis, corpus

Week 24 – Long o/oa; ai; ee; ea

Week 25 – Final e rule

Week 26 – tion/sion endings

Week 27 – short vowels

Week 29 – ful suffix

Week 30 – Strong verbs

Week 31 – Strong nouns

Week 32 – Strong Adjectives

Week 34 – Body Parts – Expressions

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1. native – comes from here

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1. driftwood – wood floating on a body of water

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1. prune – a dried plum

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1) braille – a system of writing with raised dots for blind people

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1. mustang – a wild horse (Spanish)

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1. deli – a store that sells prepared foods (short for delicatessen)

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