3rd Grade Vocabulary Words - List 26
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| Word | Definition | Practice Sentence | Synonyms | Antonyms | Part of Speech Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| buoyant | Able to float. | Penguins are quite buoyant which helps them save energy when ascending. | floatable, light, bouncy | heavy, weighted, sinkable | Adjective |
| jumpy | Move suddenly out of nervousness. | The librarian was jumpy and easy to scare. | excitable, jittery, skittish | quiet, collected, laid-back | Adjective |
| unite | To combine or become whole. | The chieftain will unite the two tribes. | join, link, combine | disconnect, divide, exclude | Verb |
| kind | Easy going and helpful, nice to others. | The elderly woman was kind and everyone loved her. | amiable, cordial, friendly | mean, selfish, unlikable | Adjective |
| permission | Approval to do something. | An adult must sign the permission slip or you can't go on the field trip. | acceptance, sanction, allowance | opposition, prohibition, restriction | Noun |
| terrible | Something bad or dreadful. | That terrible smell similar to rotten eggs is sulfur. | bad, dreadful, awful | pleasant, wonderful, great | Adjective |
| approached | To come closer. | The lion slowly approached the watering hole. | nearing, coming, creep up | leave, depart, retreat | Verb |
| sneered | To express scorn or contempt. | The angry student sneered at the others as he passed their desks. | scoff, taunt, belittle | commend, admire, compliment | Verb |
| tricky | Complicated or difficult. | Putting the toy together was tricky, so we had to keep looking at the instructions. | problematic, complex, precarious | untroublesome, easy, simple | Adjective |
| itchy | Irritating to the skin. | The itchy wool sweater was ugly and hot. | prickly, tingly, crawling | comfortable, soft, smooth | Adjective |
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