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English A 5th Grade Vocabulary List
Dec. 7 – 11 (“Sign of the Beaver”)
boisterous - adj., noisily rough; rowdy.
genial– adj., friendly and cheerful.
gourd - n., a type of food that grows on a vine; similar to squash.
flaunting- v., to call attention to oneself.
gaunt – adj., excessively thin as a result of suffering or weakness.
medley – n., a varied mixture of people or things; miscellany.
relenting - v., to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
stern - adj., deeply serious or grave.
Homework due Friday: Look up each word in the dictionary. Use root
words if you can’t find the origin of the given word.
The kids were very boisterous after they came home from school. They were
jumping on furniture and yelling at the top of their lungs.
Inside out, Joy was always genial; she was kind to everyone.
A pumpkin is a type of gourd because it grows on a vine.
The man was flaunting his brand new, expensive suit, making a big show of the
Italian silk and detailed hemlines.
After her extended illness, she appeared gaunt. Her mother force fed her
homemade food.
Public school population includes a medley of children; they have different
backgrounds and abilities.
After hours of her children begging, their mother was relenting when it came to
a second helping of dessert. They stuffed themselves silly.
The kids went to their father for favors instead of their mother, because their
mother was stern.
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