Scholastic 100 Fourth Grade Vocabulary

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abandon

Back 1

a-ban-don

To leave forever.
To give up.

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ability

Back 2

a-bil-i-ty

The power to do something.
Skill

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abroad

Back 3

a-broad

In or to another country

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agreeable

Back 4

a-gree-a-ble

Pleasing or likable.
Willing or ready to say yes.

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brief

Back 5

brief

Lasting only a short time.
Using only a few words.

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budge

Back 6

budge

If you cannot budge something,
you are not able to move it.

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confuse

Back 7

con-fuse

To mistake one thing for another.
Not make sense.

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convenient

Back 8

con-ven-ient

Useful or easy to use.

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curious

Back 9

cu-ri-ous

Eager to find out.
Strange.

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descend

Back 10

de-scend

To climb down or go down.

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deserve

Back 11

de-serve

To earn something because of
the way you behave.

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disappoint

Back 12

dis-ap-point

To let someone down.

Front 13

disaster

Back 13

dis-as-ter

An event that causes great damage, loss, or suffering.

Front 14

discover

Back 14

dis-cov-er

To find something new.

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emerge

Back 15

e-merge

To become known.
To come out from somewhere.

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encourage

Back 16

en-cour-age

To give someone confidence by
praise or support.

Front 17

enthusiasm

Back 17

en-thu-si-asm

Great excitement or interest.

Front 18

explain

Back 18

ex-plain

To make something clear.
To give a reason.

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exploration

Back 19

ex-plo-ra-tion

The act of looking into or studying
something or someplace.

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express

Back 20

ex-press

To show how you feel or think.
Very fast as in express delivery.

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extraordinary

Back 21

ex-traor-di-nar-y

Very unusual or remarkable

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extreme

Back 22

ex-treme

Very great. Farthest.
One or two ends or opposites.

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fascinate

Back 23

fas-ci-nate

To attract and hold the attention of.

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formal

Back 24

for-mal

Proper and not casual.
Official.

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fortunate

Back 25

for-tu-nate

Lucky.

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frantic

Back 26

fran-tic

Wildly excited by worry or fear.

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frequent

Back 27

fre-quent

Common or happening often.

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furious

Back 28

fu-ri-ous

Extremely angry.

Front 29

generation

Back 29

gen-er-a-tion

All people born around same time
Process of bringing something.

Front 30

gesture

Back 30

ges-ture

Move your head or hands in order
to communicate a feeling or idea

Front 31

glimpse

Back 31

glimpse

To see something briefly.

Front 32

grief

Back 32

grief

A feeling of great sadness.

Front 33

hesitate

Back 33

hes-i-tate

To pause before you do something.

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impress

Back 34

im-press

Make people think highly of you.
To have an effect on someone.

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increase

Back 35

in-crease

To grow in size or number

Front 36

independent

Back 36

in-de-pend-ent

Free from the control of other people or things

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ingredient

Back 37

in-gre-di-ent

One of the items that something is made from

Front 38

innocent

Back 38

in-no-cent

Not guilty. Didn't do it.

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inquire

Back 39

in-quire

To ask about someone or something.

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inspire

Back 40

in-spire

To fill someone with an emotion or idea. To encourage.

Front 41

involve

Back 41

in-volve

To include something as a necessary part.

Front 42

launch

Back 42

launch

To put a boat or ship into water.
To send a rocket into space.

Front 43

loyal

Back 43

loy-al

Firm in supporting or failful to someone or country.

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manufacture

Back 44

man-u-fac-ture

To make something often with machines.

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massive

Back 45

mas-sive

Large, heavy, and solid.

Front 46

migrate

Back 46

mi-grate

To move from one country or region to another.

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mischief

Back 47

mis-chief

Playful behavior that may cause harm or annoyance to someone.

Front 48

mission

Back 48

mis-sion

A special job or task.

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navigate

Back 49

nav-i-gate

To travel in a vehicle or ship using a compass or map to guide you.

Front 50

neglect

Back 50

neg-lect

To fail to take care of someone or something.

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observe

Back 51

ob-serve

To watch someone or something carefully.

Front 52

occasion

Back 52

oc-ca-sion

A time when something happens.

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official

Back 53

of-fi-cial

Approve by someone in authority.
An important person.

Front 54

opinion

Back 54

o-pin-ion

The ideas or beliefs you have about something.

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opportunity

Back 55

op-por-tu-ni-ty

A change to do something.

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original

Back 56

o-rig-i-nal

First or earliest.

Front 57

permanent

Back 57

per-man-nent

Lasting or meant to last for a long time.

Front 58

plunge

Back 58

plunge

To dive into water.
To push something suddenly.

Front 59

possession

Back 59

pos-ses-sion

Something that you own.

Front 60

pounce

Back 60

pounce

To jump on something suddenly and grad hold of it.

Front 61

preserve

Back 61

pre-serve

To protect something so that it stays in its original state.

Front 62

proceed

Back 62

pro-ceed

To move forward or continue.

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produce

Back 63

pro-duce

To make something.
Things grown for eating.

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prompt

Back 64

prompt

Very quick and without delay.

Front 65

publish

Back 65

pub-lish

To produce and distribute a book, magazine, article.

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purchase

Back 66

pur-chase

To buy something.

Front 67

quarrel

Back 67

quar-rel

To argue or to disagree.

Front 68

recover

Back 68

re-cov-er

To get better after an illness.

Front 69

reflect

Back 69

re-flect

To who an image or something on a shinny surface like a mirror.

Front 70

relation

Back 70

re-la-tion

A connection between two or more things.

Front 71

release

Back 71

re-lease

To free something or someone.

Front 72

represent

Back 72

rep-re-sent

To speak or act for someone else.

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request

Back 73

re-quest

To ask something politely.

Front 74

reveal

Back 74

re-veal

To make known.

Front 75

satisfy

Back 75

satisfy

To please someone by doing enough.

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scarce

Back 76

scarce

Something that is hard to find because there is so little of it.

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seize

Back 77

seize

To grab or take hold of something.

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shatter

Back 78

shat-ter

To break into tiny pieces.

Front 79

solution

Back 79

so-lu-tion

The answer to a problem.

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source

Back 80

source

The place, person, or thing from which something comes.

Front 81

stagger

Back 81

stag-ger

To walk or stand unsteadily.

Front 82

support

Back 82

sup-port

To hold something up in order to
keep it from falling.

Front 83

suspicious

Back 83

sus-pi-cious

You thing that something is wrong or bad.

Front 84

switch

Back 84

switch

To trade one thing for another.

Front 85

tackle

Back 85

tack-le

To knock down someone or throw to the ground.

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terrify

Back 86

ter-ri-fy

To frighten greatly.

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territory

Back 87

ter-ri-to-ry

A large area of land.

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thorough

Back 88

thor-ough

Careful and complete.

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threaten

Back 89

threat-en

To frighten or put you in danger.

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tradition

Back 90

tra-di-tion

The handing down of customs, ideas, befliefs from one generation to the next.

Front 91

tread

Back 91

tread

To wak on, over, or along.

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triumph

Back 92

tri-umph

A great victory.

Front 93

union

Back 93

un-ion

A organize group of workers. The joing of two or more things.

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urgent

Back 94

ur-gent

Needs very quick or immediate attention.

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vast

Back 95

vast

Huge in area or extent.

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volunteer

Back 96

vol-un-teer

To offer to do a job, usually without pay.

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weary

Back 97

wear-ry

Very tired or exhausted.

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wisdom

Back 98

wis-dom

Knowledge, experience, and good judgement.

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wreck

Back 99

wreck

To destroy or ruin something.

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wring

Back 100

wring

To squeeze the moisture from wet material.