Ms. F's Beginning ELA Vocabulary Flashcards

To move around

transport

Job or work

function

Make or made of.

composed

How something is built or made; a building

structure

To keep for later

store

To show or let people see.

display

To make a copy, to make babies or new plants.

reproduce

To change so things are easier.

Adapt

To change after something happens.

react

To change over a long time (years)

evolve

Your DNA, the part of cell that says how you look, your heredity
(info from mom and dad)

gene

Picks carefully, picky, choosy

selective

Doesn't do anything, sits back, no energy

Passive

Lots of parts, not easy to explain.

Complex

Likes to move, use energy.

active

To be different or make it different, to change.

vary

Controlled by something else, needs help.

depend on

Free, can do it by yourself/alone, not dependent.

independent

To watch or see.

observe

A smart guess about why something happens.

Hypothesis

To spread out, go everywhere

Diffuse

Copy exactly, to be the same in all ways

replicate

Long, thin piece of something

Strand

To change into something very different (like a gene)

mutate

A lot of something going in one place

concentration

A part of a process, a step in a process.

phase

Something that repeats

pattern

To show (feelings or look), to be able to see.

express

Special, different, only one

unique

Child, baby, children

offspring

to control & lead (people or a country), to decide the rules
& laws.

govern

full of faith, believes in an idea or person, gives support

faithful

to know & show who or what something is.

identify

a drawing that explains or shows something, to explain by drawing a picture

diagram

to be a sign or act for someone else, to show in a picture

represent

The way things are made, sold & bought in a country.

economy

The attitude or belief that in the best world everyone is good; like
a dream.

Idealism

To use fighting to try to change government for a different one.

revolt

When you think one thing/person/idea is better or worse than others.

biased

Money, buildings, things and land that people have or own.

Capital

The words around a word that help you understand what it means.

Context

To figure out or decide something from what you know or learn.

Conclude

Something that show or proves something is true.

Evidence

To make a smart guess from what you read, to predict, to hypothesize.

Infer

To study and learn about the different parts of something.

Analyze

To think something is true with no evidence/proof.

Assume

To give an idea; to say something is good to do.

Suggest

A big idea or subject that connects everything together; a lesson you
learn from a story.

Theme

An idea that someone wants to write about or show is true.

Thesis

To explain something again using LESS words.

Summarize

To put in order, the order of something (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th �).

Sequence

To connect one idea to another idea, one example to another example.

Relate

To show the differences between 2 things.

Distinguish

To ask or create a question.

Pose

An opinion, one person�s way of thinking or seeing an idea or thing.

Point of view

To pull or knock down or tear down something.

Demolish

To remove or get rid of completely, to delete.

Eliminate

To violently destroy or wreck something, with lots of anger/energy.

Ravage

To hurt, damage or break a building or land (property) because you
don�t care.

Vandalize

To make something bigger (expand) & better, or create something new.

Develop

To build or make something.

Construct

To make or grow something.

Produce

Sleepy & weak, no energy left.

Exhausted

Almost no energy, feeling passive.

Drained

Calm & peaceful, relaxed/relaxing.

Tranquil

Full of energy, active.

lively

Very excited, moves face, hands to show excitement.

animated

a little tired

fatigued

bubbly, full of life, excited about everything

vivacious


Boring
because it takes a long time to do or makes you mad.

Tedious


Tiring &
boring because it never changes.

Dreary

Normal, not exciting, not special, regular.

Mundane

Interesting & unusual, makes you think.

Intriguing

Can't take your eyes off it, holds your attention for a long time.

Riveting