6th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 2
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| declare | Say something emphatically. | They want to declare officially that the rumors are false. | affirm, announce, insist | Verb | |
| oxymoron | A combination of contradictory words or incongruous elements. | Deafening silence is an example of an oxymoron. | Noun | ||
| national | Relating to a nation. | There was a lot of national pride after the attack. | civil, domestic, governmental | local | Adjective |
| humane | Showing compassion. | Hopefully, we as a society will become more humane in the future. | kind, benevolent, humanitarian | greedy, cruel, inhumane | Adjective |
| existence | The state of living or being real. | Let's debate the existence of alien life on Earth. | presence, reality, being | nonexistence | Noun |
| photosynthesis | A chemical process by which plants convert water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbohydrates. | Plants use photosynthesis to capture energy from the sun. | Noun | ||
| aptitude | A natural ability. | She has an aptitude for mathematics. | ability, knack, flair | inability, ineptitude | Noun |
| otherwise | Under different circumstances; in another way. | It was otherwise completely dark in the room, except for a single glowing candle. | alternatively, differently | Adverb | |
| fractal | An irregular geometric shape, any part of which is similar in shape to any larger or smaller part when magnified or reduced to the same size. | The mathemetician, Benoit Mandelbrot, coined the word fractal. | Noun | ||
| conversion | The process of changing. | The whole area improved after the old factory's conversion into luxury apartments. | change, adaptation, alteration | Noun | |
| jolly | Cheerful. | They were all looking forward to a jolly celebration. | joyful, carefree, festive | gloomy, serious, unhappy | Adjective |
| emerged | Appeared by moving away from something. | Two glowing eyes emerged from the dark woods. | came out, appeared, surfaced | disappeared | Verb |
| identify | Indicate who or what someone or something is. | They were able to identify the animal by the noise it made. | recognize, label, name | Verb | |
| outlook | A person's point of view. | He has a positive outlook on life. | attitude, perspective, viewpoint | Noun | |
| brainstorm | Produce an idea or solution to a problem. | My coworkers and I are holding a meeting to brainstorm a theme for the office holiday party. | problem-solve, deliberate, conceptualize | Verb |
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