HMH Module 5 Week 2 Vocabulary

HMH Grade Six Into Reading

labor

work—especially hard, physical work.

erosion

the process of wearing away something by wind,

water, or other natural agents

mandatory

required by rules or the law

surveying

finding the shape, area, and boundaries of the land by measuring

deplorable

a situation that is terrible and unacceptable

downturn

a decline in the economy or a business

abundance

to have a lot of something

graces

acts of kindness or courtesy

adversity

a hardship or a difficult situation

prediction

a smart guess about what will happen

clarify

to try to make clear what you don’t understand in your reading

text feature

special part of a text, such as punctuation, label, captions, or a style of text, that calls out something important

prefix

a word part added before a root word to change its meaning

base word

a word in its simplest form, without any word parts added to it

root

a basic word part, usually from Greek or Latin, that carries meaning

analogy

a comparison of two sets of words

central idea

the main idea of a text or what the text is mostly about

detail

fact or idea that supports or tells more about a central, or main, idea

evaluate

to decide what is most important to know

prediction

a smart guess about what will happen

pre-

a prefix that means before, in front

pro-

a prefix that means forward, forth, or in advance of

media

the means of communication, such as radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and the internet

media techniques

the ways in which an author communicates ideas and information to the viewers, such as animation, live action, sound elements, and visual elements

narrator

the person who tells a story

suffix

a word part added to the end of a base word that changes the meaning of the word

intro-

prefix that means inwardly, within

im-

prefix that means in

-able

suffix that means able to or tending to be able to

content area words

the words in a text that are specific to a subject, such as math, science, or social studies

multiple meaning words

words that are spelled the same but have more than one meaning

context clues

the words and sentences around an unknown word that give clues to its meaning