Testing Vocabulary
Terms
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- in a sentence, the word or words that tell what the subject does, did, or has
- predicate
- a word that describes a verb(fast, laughing heartily)
- adverb
- equal in size or shape
- congruent
- a word that describes a noun (yellow duckling, new bicycle)
- adjective
- the order in which events happen or in which items can be placed in a pattern
- sequence
- words with opposite meanings (big and small, young and old)
- antonyms
- a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a phrase or sentence (We sat by the fire. She walked through the door.)
- preposition
- a comparison of the relationship between two or more otherwise unrelated things (Carrot is to vegetable as banana is to fruit.)
- analogy
- in science, the possible answer to a question, most science experiments begin with a hypothesis
- hypothesis
- an angle of less than 90 degrees
- acute angle
- to make an educated guess about a piece of writing, based on information contained in the selection and what you already know
- infer
- a word such as a, an, or the that goes in front of a noun (the chicken, an apple)
- article
- in math, tells what must be done to numbers in an equation (such as add, subtract, multiply, or divide)
- operation
- the figure formed by two lines that start at the same point, usually shown in degrees
- angle
- a category of literature that contains writing with common features (drama, fiction, nonfiction, poetry)
- genre
- the amount of space inside a flat shape, expressed in square units
- area
- in math, a statement where one set of numbers or values is equal to another set (6+6=12, 4x5=20)
- equation
- the reason that something happens
- cause/effect
- language and details in a piece of writing that can help you figure out difficult words and ideas
- context clues
- a person in a story, book, movie, play, or TV show
- character
- in math and science, two or more sides or faces of an object that are mirror images of one another
- symmetry
- fraction of a whole that has been divided into 100 parts, usually expressed with % sign
- percent
- the most important idea or message in a writing selection
- main idea
- a word that is used in place or a noun. (She gve he present to them.)
- pronoun
- the part of a map showing symbols that represent natural or human-made objects
- map legend or may key
- a logical decision you can make based on information from a reading selection or science experiment
- conclusion
- to tell what is alike and different about two or more things
- compare/contrast
- the likelihood that something will happen, often shown with numbers
- probability
- lines or rays that, if extended, could never interact
- parallel
- in science or reading, to use given information to decide what will happen
- predict
- a comparison of two quantities, often shown as a fraction (The ratio of boys to girls in the class is 2 to 1, or 2/1.)
- ratio
- in a sentence, the word or words that tell who or what the sentence is about (Uncle Robert baked the cake. Everyone at the party ate it.)
- subject
- letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning (reorganize, hopeless)
- prefixes/suffixes
- lines or rays that intersect to form a 90 degree angle
- perpendicular
- a restatement of important ideas from a selection in the writer's own words
- summary
- the symbol on a map that shows where North, South, East, and West are
- compass rose
- in a fraction, the number above the line; shows how many equal parts are to be taken from the denominator
- numerator
- in a sentence, the person or thing that receives the action of a verb (Jane hit the ball hard.)
- direct object
- in a fraction, the number under the line; shows how many equal parts a whole has been divided into
- denominator
- in a sentence, the noun or pronoun that tells to or for whom the action of the verb is done (Louise gave a flower to her sister.)
- indirect object
- words with the same, or almost the same, meaning (delicious and tasty, funny and comical)
- synonyms
- a whole number that can be divided exactly into another whole number (1,2,3,4, and 6 are all factors of 12.)
- factor
- a person, place, or thing (president, underground, train)
- noun
- distance around an object or shape
- perimeter
- on a test, a question or statement that you must respond to in writing
- writing prompt
- a word word that describes an action or state of being (He watched the fireworks.)
- verb
- two or more overlapping circles used to compare and contrast two or more things
- Venn diagrams