6th GRADE VOCABULARY-(VC)
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- reservoir
- The lake created by a dam; a place where water is stored
- slush
- Partially melted snow(N)
- interior
- The inside(N)
- wielding
- Using skillfully(ADJ)
- brink
- Edge of a steep place(N)
- manipulate
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To control or work with the hands(V)
- cascades
- To tumble from a higher to a lower place(V)
- clefts
- An opening or crack(N)
- desolate
- Deserted; without inhabitants(ADJ)
- electron
- Made up of very small particles that make up electrons(N)
- portable
- Easily carried(ADJ)
- illusion
- Something that seems to be real but isn't(N)
- chasm
- A deep canyon or crack(N)
- embedded
- Buried; set in(ADJ)
- protrude
- To stick out(V)
- minature
- very small(ADJ)
- plateau-
- A high, flat piece of land(N)
- rapids
- Fast-moving waters in a river
- devise
- To invent; think up(V)
- wrenched
- To twist sharply(V)
- backpacking
- Hiking using a pack to carry supplies(ADJ)
- ordeal
- An experience that is painful or difficult(N)
- tempest
- A violent storm, furious commotion(N)
- alternative
- Another possibility(N)
- lifeline
- A rope thrown to save a person in water(N)
- frothing
- Producing foam(ADJ)
- resolutely
- In a firm and determined way(ADV)
- sloshed
- To move through water, making splashing sounds(V)
- contrast
- A great different between things(N)
- whirlpool
- Water that is moving rapidly in a circle.(N)
- midstream
- In the middle of the stream and river(N)
- capability
- Size; the ability to contain or hold(N)
- resource
- A supply of something that can be used to produce useful or valuable things
- receded
- To pull bakc or withdraw(V)
- worship
- To pray to; show respect and honor for
- quantity
- amount(N)
- erosion
- The slow wearing away of rock by wind, rain, and sand(N)
- agricultural
- Having to do with farming
- remote
- Far away; difficult to reach(ADJ)
- retorted
- To answer; reply sharply(V)
- electrical
- having to do with electricity(ADJ)
- monitor
- To check; keep watch over(V)
- earphones
- Listening devices worn over the ears(N)
- lurch
- A sudden rolling or swaying movement
- silt
- Fine, rich soil carried in moving water.
- electronic
- working by electricity(ADJ)
- shoreline
- The place where shore and water meet(N)
- storage
- Having space to save something for later(N)
- limitless
- without any end(ADJ)
- access
- The chance or right to approach or use
- distinctly
- without question(ADV)
- visual
- having to do with things that are seen(ADJ)
- delta
- A three-sided piece of land deposited at the end of a river.
- pivot
- To turn(V)
- automatically
- Done without outside help(ADV)
- industry
- The making of goods to be sold
- fertile
- Well suited to plant growth
- departure
- Starting out; leaving(N)
- evaporated
- To change from a liquid to a gas
- equator
- An imaginary line around the middle of the earth