4th Grade Vocabulary Words - List 12
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atrocious | Extremely wicked or brutal. | Working conditions in factories in the early nineteen hundreds were atrocious. | terrible, appalling, detestable | wonderful, good, admirable | Adjective |
| decode | To convert something into an understandable form. | The archeologists tried to decode the message on the cave wall. | translate, decipher, interpret | encrypt, garble, encode | Verb |
| retell | To restate or say in a different way. | She decided to retell her story from the beginning. | reiterate, restate, echo | withold, conceal | Verb |
| quantitative | Measurable in the form of quantity or amount. | The scientist did a quantitative analysis of the research. | quantifiable, calculable, measurable | qualitative, unmeasurable, | Adjective |
| technical | Relating to the techniques of a specific subject or skill. | The mechanic had more technical knowledge of engines than his apprentice. | specialized, technological, methodological | generalized, nonspecific, inexpert | Adjective |
| within | Inside of or into something. | The children though they heard something within the barn. | in, inside of, enclosed by, | outside, beyond | Preposition |
| ultimately | In the end, or finally. | A thousand more votes needed to be counted before they could ultimately decide the race. | finally, conclusively, eventually | never, at no time | Adverb |
| therefore | For that reason. | His injury would take six weeks to heal, therefore he could not play the rest of the season. | consequently, thus, hence | however, despite, yet | Adverb |
| biography | A written history of a person's life. | Abraham Lincoln's most well-known biography is written by David Donald. | autobiography, memoir, life story | Noun | |
| inadvertently | Done without intention. | If you are sick, it is possible to inadvertently pass it on to others. | accidentally, incidental, heedlessly | intentionally, unplanned, deliberate | Adverb |
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