Fifth Grade STUDY GUIDE:  OCTOBER19th-23rd

SPELLING WORDS

crises

knives

media

roofs

pianos

waves

wishes

armies

briefs

videos

heroes

data

bacteria

oxen

tomatoes

canoes

berries

loaves

lives

messages

foxes

breaths

tragedies

buses

skis

Reading Vocabulary

overcome-  to make weak or helpless

forlorn- sad or pitiful because of being alone or neglected

pitched- rose and fell alternately at the front and back of a ship or boat

vainer- more self-admiring, proud and conceited than someone else

gorged- stuffed oneself with food

abalone- an edible shellfish having a flat shell lined with mother-of-pearl

lair- the den of the wild animals