Vocabulary List 4 Stevenson Gr.6

Front 1

evacuate

Back 1

verb.: to empty out; to leave.

Hint 1

Sentence: The entire town was forced to evacuate due to the closeness of the wildfire.

Front 2

extinct

Back 2

adj.: died out; vanished.

Hint 2

Sentence: Many species of dinosaurs are now extinct, although birds, frogs, salamanders, and lizards survived the extinction.

Front 3

exempt

Back 3

adj.: excused; not having to take part in something.

Hint 3

Sentence: The doctor wrote the school nurse a medical note stating that the girl was exempt from P.E. for six weeks due to her injury.

Front 4

extremity

Back 4

n.: outer point; an end.

Hint 4

Sentence: The boy was growing so fast that he had pains in all four of his extremities.

Front 5

evict

Back 5

v.: to cast out; to force out.

Hint 5

Sentence: The landlord said that he would have to evict the tenant from his apartment by the 15th of the month if the rent was not paid in full.

Front 6

estrange

Back 6

v.: to purposely leave out; to alienate. reindeer games.

Hint 6

Sentence: The reindeer felt estranged from the other reindeer because they never spoke to him, sat by him, or included him in any

Front 7

exterminate

Back 7

v.: to wipe out; to destroy.

Hint 7

Sentence: Because of the amount of wasps around our house, we hired an exterminator to come and spray the yard and under the eves in order to exterminate them.

Front 8

evasive

Back 8

adj.: intentionally vague; misleading. toward the end zone.

Hint 8

Sentence: the running back caught the ball and then took evasive movements to weave his way through his opponents and

Front 9

erosion

Back 9

n.: corrosion; wearing away.

Hint 9

Sentence: The unsafe cliff showed increasing erosion each year from the wind and the rain.

Front 10

evolve

Back 10

v.: to change slowly; to develop.

Hint 10

Sentence: It was necessary for the general to evolve some plan of defensive action for his troops.