HES - School-wide Vocabulary List (Year 4)

Dates / Word / Definition / Sentence
1. / 9/4 / atrocious / Very bad; awful / There was an atrocious smell coming from the trash can.
2. / 9/11 / plethora / An amount that is more than enough / There was a plethora of balls in the woods behind the playground.
3 / 9/18 / integrity / A strong sense of honesty / Joey showed great integrity when he told the truth about what happened even though he knew he would get in trouble.
4 / 9/25 / resilient / Able to recover quickly from difficulty / Madison was resilient when she had difficulty researching her PAL project.
5 / 10/2 / excursion / A short trip or outing / Mr. Smith’s class went on an excursion to the zoo.
6. / 10/9 / dawdle / To waste time or be slow / If you dawdle when eating lunch, you might lose some of your recess.
7 / 10/16 / scrumptious / Pleasing to the senses; delicious / The ice cream sundae from Handels was scrumptious.
8 / 10/23 / embellish / To improve by adding decorations / The students embellish their art projects to make them look beautiful!
9. / 10/30 / perceptive / Quick to understand; showing keen insight / The perceptive girl was able to tell that the boy was sad.
10. / 11/6 / pester / To bother continually; annoy / My little brother pesters me while I am trying to do my homework.
11. / 11/13 / rejuvenate / To restore the appearance / The custodians help rejuvenate the school by making everything look nice and shiny!
12. / 11/28 / impartial / Not favoring one person or side more than another; being fair / Mrs. Cohle was impartial so she listened to both sides of the argument before making a decision.
13. / 12/4 / scrutinize / To look at closely and carefully / The detective had to scrutinize the information in order to solve the case.
14. / 12/11 / coerce / To persuade or pressure a person to do something / A teacher had to coerce Chloe to come down from the top of the monkey bars.
15. / 12/18 / feasible / Capable of being done or accomplished; probable / It is feasible to write a friendly letter to your teacher.
16. / 1/1 / voracious / Exceedingly eager or avid; greedy / The voracious boy wanted all of the dessert for himself.
17. / 1/8 / meticulous / Carefully attentive to every small detail / Ms. Little was meticulous when she carefully looked at the student’s report card.
18. / 1/15 / fidget / To move in a nervous or restless way / Some students fidget during a test.
19. / 1/22 / sporadic / Happening irregularly or not often / The sporadic rainfall caused the students to have indoor recess.
20. / 1/29 / kerfuffle / A disorderly outburst or disruption; commotion / There was a kerfuffle in the cafeteria when the fire alarm went off!
21. / 2/5 / befuddle / To confuse or mislead / Mike was befuddled when he was answering the difficult math problem.
22. / 2/12 / saunter / To walk with a leisurely pace; to stroll / The students sauntered through the hallway when getting their snacks.
23. / 2/19 / improvise / To create without practice / In music class, the students learn to improvise with instruments.
24. / 3/5 / tangible / Possible to touch; real and concrete / The geometry lesson was tangible when students used pattern blocks to create plane shapes.
25. / 3/12 / sustain / To keep something going or existing / The teacher sustained the students’ attention by dressing up as Ms. Frizzle during Science class.
26. / 3/19 / tempo / Speed, rhythm, or pattern of motion or activity / Mr. Hainestaught students a song with a fast tempo.
27. / 4/2 / equivalent / The same as or equal to / One foot is equivalent to twelve inches.
28. / 4/9 / oasis / A situation or a place preserved from surrounding unpleasantness; a refuge / When the teacher played classical music in the classroom, there was an oasis of peace.
29. / 4/16 / utopia / An ideal place or state / The playground is a utopia for many students.
30. / 4/23 / passage / A portion or section of a written work; paragraph / After the student read the passage meticulously, he was able to correctly answer the questions.
31. / 4/30 / inevitable / Unable to be avoided or escaped; certain and necessary / The change of schedule was inevitable due to the exciting assembly!
32. / 5/7 / feisty / Lively and energetic / The first grade class was feisty the day after Halloween!
33. / 5/14 / industrious / Hard-working and conscientious; energetic and driven / Tommy is an industrious student who is always doing his best work!
34. / 5/21 / plausible / Seeming to be truthful or believable / The student’s story was plausible so the teacher assumed he was telling the truth.
35. / 5/28 / exemplify / To furnish or serve as an example of / Lilly’s project exemplifies the quality of work the teacher expects.
36. / 6/4 / yield / To give up or over; relinquish or resign / The car must yield before merging onto the highway.