Vocabulary eXpected Grade Level: 5 (1,660)
abbreviation
abbreviations
abroad
accompanied
accomplished
accounted
accounting
accounts
accurate
achieve
achieved
achieving
acquainted
acquire
acquired
active
acute
adapted
adapting
adders
adjusted
admiration
admirers
adopted
advanced
advancing
advantage
afford
aflame
afterthought
agents
agony
aisle
aisles
alien
aloft
ambush
ambushed
ambushing
amused
amusement
anchor
anchored
ankle
ankles
announcement
anvil
anvils
anxious
apiece
appearance
appearances
approaching
approval
architecture
arise
arisen
arises
arising
arose
arrested
arrival
assemble
assembled
assembling
assistance
assortment
assure
assured
astonished
astonishing
astonishment
astride
atop
attractions
attribute
auction
auctions
audience
authority
available
avalanche
avalanches
avenue
avenues
await
awaited
awaiting
awaits
awkward
background
badger
badgering
badgers
baggage
baggages
balanced
balancing
banquet
banquets
barely
barges
barley
barred
barring
barrow
barrows
barter
bases
basin
basins
baying
beacon
beacons
beckon
beckoned
beckoning
beech
beeches
beer
beeswax
behalf
beheaded
belch
belched
belching
bellow
bellowed
bellowing
belongings
beloved
benefit
benefits
berth
beth
betray
betrayed
betraying
beware
biscuit
blacksmith
blacksmiths
blindfold
blindfolded
blunder
blundering
boar
boatmen
bond
bonfire
bonfires
boomed
booming
bore
bored
boring
borne
bough
boughs
boulder
boulders
boundary
bounded
bounty
brat
brats
breaker
bred
breed
breeding
breeds
breezy
brew
brewing
briar
briars
brightly
brightness
broil
broth
budge
bulky
burden
burdened
burdens
busily
bustle
bustled
bustling
butler
butt
butteries
buttery
buyer
cackle
cackled
calculate
calculated
calculating
canopied
canopy
capable
capture
captures
capturing
career
cargo
cargoes
carriages
carrier
carriers
cask
casks
causeway
cautious
cautiously
cavern
caverns
cease
ceased
ceasing
centre
ceremony
certainty
cf
challenge
challenged
challenger
challenges
challenging
channel
channels
chant
chanted
chanting
chariots
cheery
childbirth
childish
choirs
chorus
chronology
cinders
circuit
civil
clack
claim
claimed
claiming
claims
clarinets
classical
clearly
clenched
clenching
cleverness
climber
cluster
clustered
clusters
clutter
coarse
collapse
collector
combat
combination
combinations
combined
comical
comment
comments
communication
communications
companion
companions
comparison
complaints
compliment
composed
comrade
comrades
conceal
concealed
concealing
concentrated
concern
concerns
conduct
confidently
confirm
conflicting
conquer
consent
consenting
consequence
consistent
console
constructed
content
contentedly
contrast
contribute
contributes
convenience
convenient
converted
correspond
corresponded
corresponding
corresponds
corridor
cottage
council
councils
courteous
crafty
crag
crags
cramped
crazed
creased
creatures
credit
crippled
crossed
crossing
crotch
crystals
cunning
curled
curling
curse
cursed
curses
cursing
customer
customers
cypress
dagger
daggers
dainties
dainty
damned
darken
darkened
darkening
darkens
dashing
daybreak
deafened
deafening
dealing
dealt
debt
decent
declare
decline
declining
deepen
deepened
deepening
deepens
defeat
defeated
defeats
defined
definite
delightful
delta
demand
demanded
demanding
demands
demon
demons
denoted
denoting
dense
denser
depart
departed
departing
departs
deputy
descend
descendant
descended
descending
descends
descent
description
desperate
destruction
determined
devoted
difficulties
difficulty
digesting
din
dinning
disapproved
disc
disgrace
dismiss
dismissed
dismisses
disobey
disobeyed
display
displayed
displaying
displays
dispute
disrespect
distress
distressed
district
districts
disturbance
documents
doggedly
dominate
dominated
doom
doomed
dooms
doth
downfall
downstream
drake
drakes
drawbacks
dreadful
dreamed
dreaming
dreams
drenched
drenching
driftwood
drinks
drizzle
drought
drunken
dungeon
dungeons
dusky
dwarves
dwell
dweller
dwellers
dwelling
dwells
dwelt
e
earthly
easily
eastern
eastward
eastwards
echoes
edition
effects
elder
eldest
element
elements
embraced
emperor
emperors
enchanted
enchanting
endurance
energetic
entirely
equipped
erect
erected
especial
essay
essayed
essays
essential
evergreen
evergreens
evidence
excavated
exception
exceptions
exchange
exchanged
exchanges
exclamation
exclamations
exhausted
exhibit
exhibited
exit
exits
expectation
expedition
expeditions
expensive
explosion
explosions
exposed
expressed
expressing
eyesight
faithful
famed
familiar
fascinated
fastening
fate
fated
fates
fatherless
feat
feats
fee
feeble
feelers
ferried
ferries
ferry
fertile
fierceness
fiftieth
figured
filtered
filtering
firelight
flattened
flatter
flattered
flaw
flaws
flax
flexible
foe
foes
follies
folly
foolhardy
foothills
footing
footstool
forehead
foreheads
foreign
foreleg
forelegs
forge
forged
forges
forging
former
fortress
fortresses
foul
fouled
fouler
foundation
foundations
fragrance
fragrant
frail
frank
frantic
frantically
fray
frayed
freely
frequently
fret
fretted
fretting
friendliness
fringe
fringes
fro
frontier
frontiers
fume
fumed
fumes
fuming
function
functions
funeral
furious
furlong
furlongs
furrowed
galleries
gateway
generation
generations
ghostly
giver
glade
glades
gladness
glare
glared
glaring
glimmer
glimmered
glimmering
glimpse
glimpsed
glimpses
glistened
glistening
glistens
glob
gloomy
glorious
glossy
gnashed
gnashing
gobbler
goblin
goblins
goggling
gong
gongs
gorge
gorging
gracious
grades
gradual
gradually
grateful
gratitude
grave
graver
graves
gravest
graving
grazing
grief
griefs
grieve
grieved
grieves
grieving
grim
grimmer
grit
grove
groves
grub
grumble
grumbled
grumbles
grumbling
guilty
gullies
gunpowder
gush
halter
handcarts
happenings
hardship
hardships
harmony
hast
haste
hasty
hatchet
hateful
hath
haunt
haunted
haunting
haunts
hayfields
haze
hazes
headland
heartily
heave
heaved
heavily
heaviness
heaving
hedgehog
herdsmen
herewith
herons
hesitation
hideous
historians
historical
hoist
homely
homestead
homesteads
honour
honoured
honouring
honours
hoofbeats
horned
hornets
horrified
horseman
horsemen
horses
host
hosts
hr
hue
hued
hues
huff
hull
hungrily
idiot
idle
idling
ignorance
illuminate
illuminated
image
images
imitate
imitated
impatient
import
importance
impress
impression
imprint
improvement
inclusion
incoming
independent
indicate
indicated
indicates
infant
infested
influence
inhabitants
inhaled
initial
injured
injuries
injury
inland
inquire
inquiring
inserted
inspection
instance
instinct
instruction
insult
insulted
insulting
intelligence
intense
intent
interfere
interfering
interior
interpret
interpreted
intervals
invade
invaded
invades
invading
invasion
invasions
involved
inward
isle
isles
issue
issued
issues
issuing
ivy
jolt
jolted
jolts
jumble
jutted
jutting
keen
keener
keenest
knowledgeable
knuckled
knuckles
labour
laboured
labouring
labours
laced
ladle
lag
lagged
lamplight
landlord
landslide
lashings
leech
leeches
leered
leering
legal
leisure
lend
lending
lends
lengthwise
lent
lest
lettered
liar
liberty
lied
lifeless
lightning
lightnings
likeness
limestone
limited
link
linked
listened
listening
listens
livelihood
loneliness
loosen
loosened
loosening
loveliness
lover
lovers
lowlands
luggage
lullaby
lure
lurked
lurking
lurks
machinery
madman
madmen
magnified
majestic
manger
mantle
mantled
mantles
mantling
maps
markings
marksmen
marvel
marvelled
marvelling
marvels
masculine
mature
maze
mazes
measured
meddle
meddled
meddling
medicine
meetings
melted
melting
merciful
mercilessly
merely
midst
midsummer
midway
mightily
migration
minded
mining
miserably
misery
misfortune
misfortunes
misunderstanding
misunderstood
moderate
modest
modification
modifications
moisten
molten
monstrous
moonlit
mortal
mortals
mossy
motionless
mountainous
mounting
mourn
mourned
mourns
mouthful
mouthfuls
movement
movements
mover
murder
murdered
murdering
murky
murmur
murmured
murmurs
muzzle
naked
nape
narrative
narrows
nay
needless
needy
neglected
nestled
nestling
newcomer
newcomers
nigh
nighest
nightfall
nightly
nimble
nimblest
nobility
nook
nooks
normal
northward
northwards
nostrils
numerous
oath
oaths
objected
obstacle
obtain
obtained
obtains
obvious
occasion
occasions
occupied
occupy
occupying
official
ointment
olden
opal
opals
opponents
ordeal
orderly
ordinary
ore
ores
origin
originally
outhouse
outlandish
outlet
outlets
outlier
outliers
outline
outlined
outnumbered
outs
outskirts
outward
outwards
overboard
overjoyed
overlapped
overlapping
overlook
overlooked
overthrew
overthrow
overthrown
overturned
overwhelmed
overwhelming
packet
packets
padding
painful
panelled
pardon
pardoned
partly
patience
pavement
pavements
paving
peal
peats
peculiar
pelting
pelts
peninsula
peopled
perch
performance
permanent
permission
persuade
persuaded
persuading
persuasion
phantom
phantoms
pickers
pier
piers
pilgrim
piping
plank
plantations
platters
plod
plodded
plodding
plucked
plucking
plume
plumed
plumes
plunk
poised
polluted
pored
pork
posed
possess
possessed
possessing
posted
postpone
postponed
posture
poverty
practical
presence
preserve
preserved
preserving
pressure
previous
pried
primary
prime
principal
prisoner
prisoners
probable
proceed
prod
prodded
prodding
professional
profit
profitable
profits
progress
progressed
progressing
prompted
promptings
promptly
proof
proofs
properly
prospect
prospects
proverb
provided
province
provinces
prow
prows
prying
puckered
purchase
purchased
pyramids
quail
quailed
quality
quantity
quarried
quarries
quarry
quarrying
questioningly
quicken
quickened
quickening
quiver
quivers
quotation
quotations
radiant
raid
raided
raiders
raiding
raids
ramp
rank
ranks
rascal
rascals
rate
rated
ravine
ravines
reality
reap
reaped
reassuring
rebel
rebelled
rebellion
rebels
rebuild
rebuilding
rebuilds
rebuilt
recently
recipe
reckless
reckon
reckoned
reckoning
recommended
recorder
reddish
reduced
reducing
reeled
reeling
reference
refill
refilled
reflect
reflected
reflecting
reflection
reflects
refreshing
refreshment
rejection
rejoice
rejoiced
rejoices
rejoicing
relating
relics
relief
relieve
relieved
relieving
relit
reluctant
reminder
remote
remoter
remotest
renew
renewed
renewing
repelled
repelling
repels
replanted
representation
resemble
resembled
resigned
resigns
resin
respectful
retired
retreat
retreated
retreating
retreats
reunited
reveal
revealed
revealing
reveals
revised
revolt
revolts
revolving
ridiculous
rights
rinse
rival
rivals
rivers
romp
roofs
rouse
roused
rousing
rowed
rowers
royalty
ruddy
ruling
sacred
sap
sapped
satisfaction
scalp
scalps
scan
scanned
scanning
scanty
scarce
scarlet
scorching
scrawl
scrawls
scroll
scrolls
scum
scurrying
scythe
seamen
seasonal
secure
secured
seeding
seekers
seldom
selection
selections
sensible
series
serpent
serpents
servant
servants
shabbier
shabby
shaky
shale
shatter
shattered
shattering
sheepish
shepherd
shepherds
shield
shielded
shielding
shields
shift
shiftings
shimmer
shimmered
shimmering
shingle
shingles
shod
shorten
shortened
shred
shredding
shreds
shuffled
shuffling
sicken
sickened
sickening
signatures
significant
signpost
sinks
sire
sires
sites
situation
situations
skillful
slack
slain
slay
slaying
slayings
slays
sleek
slew
sling
slink
slinking
slumber
slumbered
slumbering
slumped
slung
smeared
smoky
smudge
snare
snared
snares
snaring
sneaky
snuffed
sockets
sorrowful
soul
southerner
southland
southlands
sown
spade
spades
spared
sparing
sparklers
spars
specializing
speechless
speediest
speedy
spilled
splitting
spoils
spout
spouted
spouting
sprouted
sprung
spurs
spurt
squabbles
squelching
stab
stabbed
stabbing
stabs
staff
stammered
stammering
standards
starred
stead
stealth
steeple
stern
sterner
steward
stewards
stiffening
stirrup
stirrups
stonecrop
stonecrops
straggle
straggled
stragglers
straggling
strait
strapped
strengthen
strengthened
strengthening
striding
strode
strung
stunned
stunted
successful
suitable
summaries
summertime
summit
summon
summoned
summoning
summons
sunk
sunken
superb
superior
survival
survive
survived
surviving
suspended
swaps
swarm
swarmed
swarming
sweeten
sweetened
swore
sworn
sympathetic
tang
tatters
temper
tempers
temporary
tender
tenders
term
termed
terrace
terraces
terrific
territories
territory
thatched
thee
theme
themes
thickness
thieving
thighs
thirteenth
thirtieth
thistles
thong
thongs
thou
thrive
thriven
throng
thronged
thronging
throve
thunderbolt
thundercloud
thunderstorm
thy
tidings
tinder
tireless
tiresome
tissues
toil
toiled
toiling
toils
token
tokens
tolerated
tomb
tombs
tone
tones
toppled
toppling
torment
tormented
tormenting
torments
torture
tortured
towered
towering
township
traced
traces
traditional
tragic
traitor
traitors
trampled
trampling
translation
translations
transparent
transport
travelled
travelling
travels
treachery
tread
treaty
tremendous
trial
trials
trickle
trickled
trickling
trinket
trinkets
triumphant
trod
trophies
trustworthy
tusk
tusks
twain
twang
twanged
twanging
twilight
twined
u
ugliness
ultimately
unaware
unbuckled
uncertain
unclear
uncooked
uncut
underfoot
undergrowth
undivided
uneasy
uneven
unexpected
unexplored
unfortunate
unharmed
unheard
unhurt
unity
universally
unnecessary
unnoticed
unpleasant
unprepared
unravel
unravelling
unrest
unripe
unsure
unwashed
unwavering
unwilling
uproar
urgent
utter
uttered
uttering
valiant
variable
variation
varied
varying
vast
vegetation
veined
veins
venom
vents
version
versions
vessel
vessels
victim
victims
violence
virtue
virtues
visible
voluntary
wad
wakeful
wallet
ward
warded
warding
wardrobes
wards
ware
warfare
warrior
warriors
watchman
watchmen
waved
waving
weakened
weakening
wealthier
weariness
weedy
werewolf
werewolves
westward
westwards
whisked
whisking
whiteness
whitish
wickedness
wildfire
willingly
winded
wintry
wit
withdraw
withdrawing
withdrawn
withdraws
withdrew
wither
withered
withering
withers
withstand
withstood
wits
wobbly
wondrous
woodcraft
wooded
worship
worshipped
worthier
worthies
worthy
wrapped
wrapping
wreckage
wrench
wrenched
wrenching
wrestle
wrestling
wretch
wretches
wringing
yards
yearling
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Mapping of American English vocabulary by grade levels, Flor et al (2024)