5th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 19
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| devastated | Destroyed or ruined. | The city was devastated by the hurricane. | broken, demolished, wrecked | Verb | |
| mushy | Without a firm shape; soft. | By the middle of November, the pumpkin had become mushy. | squishy, spongy, slushy | hard | Adjective |
| practical | Relating to practices or actions, not ideas or theories. | Although it sounds like fun, it's probably not practical to ride your bike in two feet of snow. | realistic, useful, feasible | impractical, unrealistic | Adjective |
| autonomous | Having the right to self-govern. | The autonomous drone does not require a human pilot. | independent, sovereign, free | dependent | Adjective |
| invention | The action of inventing something or the thing that has been invented. | Cockle-burs were the inspiration for the invention of velcro. | creation, brainchild, development | Noun | |
| bulky | Inconveniently large. | We're going to need to hire movers to carry this bulky couch. | huge, unwieldy, hulking | light | Adjective |
| helpful | Ready to give help; useful. | The product reviews were helpful to my decision-making process. | beneficial, cooperative, conducive | hindering | Adjective |
| hatch | Bring into being. | The brothers began to hatch a plan to find the buried treasure. | create, conceive, devise | Verb | |
| unique | Unlike anything else. | He has a unique singing voice. | different, rare, uncommon | common, ordinary, normal | Adjective |
| tilling | Cultivate land for growing crops. | Tilling the land was difficult due to the rocky soil. | dig, farm, plow | Verb |
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