5th
Grade
Gifted
Vocabulary
List
100

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

aberration 

100

find repugnant

abhor

100

liveliness and eagerness

alacrity

100

make peace with

appease

100

diffusing warmth and friendliness

amiable

200

requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

arcane

200

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

avarice

200

unrestrained by convention or propriety

brazen

200

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

brusque

200

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

cajole

300

emotionally hardened

callous

300

the quality of being honest and straightforward

candor

300

scold or reprimand severely or angrily

chide

300

careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk

circumspect

300

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

clandestine

400

cause to do through pressure or necessity

coerce

400

marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts

coherent

400

the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

complacency

400

someone to whom private matters are told

confidant

400

form intrigues for in an underhand manner

connive

500

acquiesce

agree or express agreement

500

increasing by successive addition

cumulative

500

make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance

debase

500

express strong disapproval of

decry

500

showing courteous regard for people's feelings

deferential