Vocabulary Lists

The Outsiders Vocabulary Words

cowlick

lope

reckless

unfathomable

wisp

grudge

rivalry

gingerly

sage

glare

concession

appeal

ligament

wince

size up

incredulous

nonchalantly

bicker

incidentally

stricken

vaguely

rumble

gallant

sophisticated

aloofness

sassy

ornery

elite

bleak

cunning

resign

cur

plead

reckon

frustration

glint

smoldering

unceasingly

quaver

lanky

apprehensive

clad

towhead

defiance

contemptuous

racket

ruefully

groggy

bewilder

sheepish

steep

premonition

sprawl

imploringly

sullenly

subside

elude

indignant

stubble

notion

wistfully

drawl

gorge

survey

doggedly

conviction

detached

promptly

hoarse

severe

mimic

palomino

critical

delinquent

manslaughter

brawn

recur

aghast

exploit

falter

casual

aimlessly

spruce

mortal

grimace

weary

mock

conformity

stifle

discipline

leery

taut

pry

escort

contract

stupor

concussion

delirious

frank

idolize

liable

flinch

acquitted

circumstances

vacuum

Renaissance Vocabulary and People

Renaissance

humanism

secular

patron

perspective

vernacular

utopia

Shakespeare

Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo

Raphael

Donatello

Dante

Machiavelli

Erasmus

Sir Thomas More

Gutenberg

Durer

Jan van Eyck

printing press

Vocabulary Words Related to Trees

aalii

abatis

abstraction

aby

acacia

acaroid resin

accretion

acid

adjective

aged

ague

ailanthus

akee

albizzia

alder

alder buckthorn

algarroba

algarrobilla

alley

alligator

allspice

almond

alpine

alpine ash

amber

amboina pine

amboyna

anaconda

anchor

anchovy

anchovy pear

angelica

angelim

angelique

angiopteris

angostura

angostura bark

anise

ant

aphid

apple

apple canker

apple nut

apple tree

applewood

apricot

aralia

arariba

araucaria

arbor

arboreal

arboreous

arborescent

arboresque

arboretum

arboriculture

arboriform

arborist

arborous

arborvitae

arbutus

armor

aroma

ash

aspen

assegai

atlas

avaram

avenue

avocado

azalea

balata

bald

bald cypress

ball

balm

balm of Gilead

balm of gilead

balsa

balsam

balsam fir

balsam of Peru

balsam of tolu

balsam poplar

balsam willow

bamboo

band

banksia

banyan

baobab

barber

barber chair

bark

bark beetle

barnacle

barren

basal

basin

basswood

bast

bastard

bastard lignum vitae

bat

bay

bay laurel

bay leaf

bayberry

bdellium

bead

bead tree

beak

bean

bean caper

bean tree

bean trefoil

beard

beard lichen

bee

beech

beefsteak

beefsteak fungus

beefwood

beetle

belt

ben

bendy tree

benzoin

bergamot

berm

berry

biennial

big-cone spruce

big-tree plum

bilimbi

billy

biota

birch

bird

bird cherry

bird-nest

bishop pine

bitterweed

bitterwood

black

black beech

black cherry

black cottonwood

black cypress pine

black gum

black haw

black hickory

black knot

black maire

black oak

black olive

black pine

black sally

black tree fern

black walnut

black willow

blackthorn

blackwood

blast

blaze

blazer

bleed

blight

blind

blister

blolly

blossom

blotch

blue

blue elder

blue gum

blueberry

bluff

blush

bog

bole

bolo

bonduc

bongo

bonsai

boom

boot

borer

botany

bottle tree

bottlebrush

bottom rot

bough

boulevard

bower

box

box elder

boxer

boxwood

bracelet

bracelet wood

bracket

bracket fungus

bract

branch

brash

brazil

brazil nut

brazilwood

breadfruit

breakax

broad

broad-leaved

broadleaf

broom

brown

brown creeper

brown oak

brown pine

brown soft scale

brown-tail moth

browse

brush

brush fire

brushwood

buck

buckeye

buckskin

buckthorn

bud

buddleia

buff

buffalo

bull

bullet

bullock

bully

bully tree

bunji-bunji

bunya bunya

burl

burr

bush

bush willow

bushman

butea gum

butt

butter

butterfly

butternut

button

button mangrove

button tree

buttress

cabbage

cabbage palm

cabbage tree

caber

cacao

caimitillo

calaba

calabash

calabur tree

calamus

calico

caliper

calliandra

calyx

camachile

camellia

camphor

camphor oil

camphor tree

camwood

canafistula

canary

candelabrum

candle

candlenut

candlewood

cane

canella

canistel

canker

cankerworm

cannonball

canopy

cape

caper

capulin

caragana

carambola

carob

cascara

cashew

cassia

casuarina

catalpa

catechu

catena

caterpillar

caudex

cecropia

cecropia moth

cedar

cedar of Lebanon

ceibo

celery

celery-topped pine

chalk

chameleon

chameleon tree frog

chanar

chandelier

chaparral

chaste

chaulmoogra

chaulmoogra oil

checker

chemical

cherimoya

cherry

cherry-tree gum

chestnut

chickasaw plum

chicle

chicot

china

chinaberry

chinquapin

chip

chipmunk

chipper

chittamwood

chop

chopper

cider

cider gum

cigar

cinchona

cinnamon

citron

citronwood

citrus

clammy

cleaning

clear

clear-cut

clearance

clearing

cleave

climb

climber

climbing

climbing hempweed

climbing iron

climbing perch

clog

cloth

clove

clusia

cluster

cockspur

coco

coco plum

cocoa

cocobolo

coconut

cocuswood

coffee

coffee bean

coffee tree

cola

colon

colonial

colonnade

combretum

common juniper

conacaste

cone

congo

congo copal

coniferous

conk

conservancy

constriction

copaiba

copal

coppice

coral

coral bean

coral tree

cordage

cork

cork tree

corkwood

cornelian

cornelian cherry

corner

cornu

coronilla

costumer

cotton

cottonwood

cottony

cotyledon

courbaril

cow

crab

crab apple

crack

cramp

cranberry

cranberry bush

crazy

cream

cream-of-tartar tree

creeper

cricket

cricket frog

cricket-bat willow

crimson

crop

crossbill

crotch

croton

croton oil

crow

crown

crybaby

crybaby tree

cucumber

cucumber tree

cup

currant

custard

custard apple

cut

cutting

cutworm

cypress

cypress pine

cyrilla

dagame

dammar

dammar pine

damson

date

deaden

deadening

deadwood

deforest

dehorn

delayed

dell

dendrite

dendritic

dendroid

density

denudation

desert

desert willow

devil

devilwood

dhak

dhawa

diameter

diamond

dicky

dillenia

dip

dipper

disease

dita

dive

divi-divi

dog

dogwood

dombeya

dominant

doom

dormant

dormouse

dotard

douglas fir

dove

dracaena

dragon

dragon tree

dresser

driving

driving iron

drumstick

drumstick tree

duck

dundathu pine

durian

dwarf

dwarf oak

dyer

east

east African cedar

eastern

eastern hemlock

ebony

eggar

elder

elderberry

elemi

elephant

elephant tree

elfin

elk

elkwood

elm

emergent

emu

encased

enfilade

engraver

epaulette

epiphyte

erythrina

espalier

eucalypt

eucalyptus

eucalyptus gum

evergreen

evergreen beech

exostosis

factor

fagot

fall

fall cankerworm

fall webworm

faller

false

false buckthorn

fan

farkleberry

feather

feijoa

fell

felt fungus

fence

fern

fever

fever tree

fiddle

fig

fig leaf

filbert

filler

fir

fire

fire bush

fire thorn

fire tree

fistula

fitter

flaky

flame tree

flindosa

flood

flooded

flooded gum

floss

flour

flourish

flower

flowering

flowering almond

flowering ash

flowering cherry

fly

flying

footed

forbidden

forbidden fruit

forest

forest tent caterpillar

forestiera

fossil

framework

frangipani

frankincense

franklin

frijolillo

frill

fringe

fringe bush

fringe tree

frog

frost

frosted

fruit

fruitwood

fumigator

fungus

gall

gamboge

garden

gardenia

garlic

geebung

genip

genipa

genipap

gerund

ghatti

ghatti gum

giant

giant bamboo

giant sequoia

gill

gimlet

gingerbread

ginkgo

girdle

glade

gliricidia

gnarl

gnetum

goat

golden

golden larch

golden wattle

goldsmith

goncalo alves

goose

gospel

gourd

gout

gouty

governor plum

gowen cypress

graft

grafting

grain

granadilla

granadilla tree

granadilla wood

granadillo

granddaddy

grandfather

granulation

grape

grapefruit

grass

grass tree

gray

gray birch

gray polypody

gray poplar

graybeard

grease

greasy

green

grevillea

grind

ground

ground cover

groundsel

groundsel bush

grove

grugru

guaiac

guaiacum

guama

guava

guild

guinea

gum

gum arabic

gum tree

gumbo

gumbo-limbo

gumming

gummosis

gun

gutta-percha

gypsy

gypsy moth

hack

hackberry

hackmatack

hall

hamadryad

hammer

hammock

hang

hang up

hang-up

hanger

hardtack

hardwood

harpullia

harrow

hat

haw

hawthorn

hazel

headed

header

heartrot

heath

hedge

hedge maple

hedgerow

hemlock

henna

heron

hew

hiba arborvitae

hibiscus

hickory

hidebound

hill

hoe

hog

hog plum

holdover

holly

honey

honey locust

honey mushroom

honeysuckle

hop

hop hornbeam

horizontal

horn

hornbeam

horse chestnut

horseflesh

horseradish

horsetail

houhere

huisache

huon pine

hurricane

hydnocarpus oil

hypsometer

icicle

idesia

ilama

ilang-ilang

immortelle

immovable

imperial

imperial moth

incense

incense cedar

incense tree

incense wood

index

indigo

inga

inoculate

intermediate

intransitive

intransitive verb

ipecac

iron

iron tree

ironwood

ivory

ivory tree

ivy

jaboticaba

jacaranda

jack

jackfruit

japan

java

jessamine

jiqui

joewood

john

judas

jujube

jumby bean

juneberry

juniper

kaffir

kaffir boom

kahikatea

kalumpang

kapok

kapuka

karaya gum

katsura tree

kauri

kawaka

kelp

ketembilla

kiaat

kidney

king orange

kingwood

kino

knocker

knot

knothole

kola

kola nut

konini

kowhai

kumquat

kurchee

kurrajong

lac

lacebark

lackey

lacquer

lacquer tree

ladder

lance

lancewood

landmark

lane

lanseh

larch

large

large-leaved

large-leaved magnolia

large-toothed aspen

laurel

lead tree

leaf

leaf beetle

leaf roller

leafhopper

lean-to

leatherjacket

leatherwood

leaved

legged

lemon

lemonade

lemonwood

leopard

lesser

lichen

lick

lightwood

lignum

lignum vitae

lilac

limb

limber

limbo

lime

linden

liner

liquidambar

litchi

live oak

llano

loblolly

lobster

locust

lodge

log

logging

logwood

lomatia

long-legged

longan

longleaf pine

looking-glass plant

loom

lop

loquat

lotus

lotus tree

lowland

lowland fir

lung

macadamia

macadamia nut

mace

macrozamia

madrona

magnolia

mahoe

mahogany

maiden

majagua

makomako

mall

mallet

mamey

mammee

mammoth

mandarin

mangle

mango

mangosteen

mangrove

manila

manna

maple

marang

marblewood

margosa

maria

mark

marker

marking

marlberry

marmalade

marmalade tree

marsupial

marupa

mast

mastic

mastic tree

mayeng

mealy

mealybug

measles

medlar

mescal

mescal bean

mesquite

metasequoia

milk

milker

millettia

mimosa

miner

miraculous

miro

mistletoe

mistletoe fig

mite

mixed

mocha

mock

mock orange

mockernut

moldy

molle

mombin

monkey

monkey puzzle

monkeypod

montane

monte

monument

moot

mop

mop-headed

moss

moth

mountain

mountain alder

mountain ash

mountain ebony

mountain maple

mountain pine

mouse

msasa

mulatto

mulberry

mushroom

musk

muskat

muskwood

mustard

myrobalan

myrrh

myrtle

naboom

naked

nakedwood

nance

nankeen

native

native beech

native pear

natural

natural resin

naval

necklace

necklace tree

needle

needle wood

needlebush

neem

nematode

neolithic

nephritic

nest

nettle

nettle tree

new

nicker

nitta tree

node

nominalism

norfolk island pine

notch

noun

nourish

nozzle

nun

nurse

nursery

nurseryman

nut

nuthatch

nutmeg

nux vomica

oak

oak blight

oak chestnut

oaken

oasis

obeche

off year

oil

old growth

oleaster

olive

olive branch

ombu

one-seed

onion

opepe

opossum

opossum wood

orange

padauk

pagoda

pagoda tree

palm

parasol

pathology

peach

peach tree

pear

pepper

pepper tree

percent

perch

persimmon

pine

pinon

plant

plum

pocket

poison

poison bush

pole

polypody

poplar

pot

pouch

pouched

pouched mouse

powder

privet

prune

pruning

puzzle

quandong

quince

quotient

rack

raisin

red gum

resin

rib

rice

rice weevil

rigger

ripe

roller

rootstock

rosewood

rosin

rot

rubber

rust

sally

sandalwood

sapota

sassafras

sawfly

scab

scale

seed

sequoia

shear

shears

shill

shilling

shower

silk

silk tree

snake

snowball

soap

soft scale

sparrow

spoon

spot

spray

spruce

spur

stain

star anise

stem

stick

stock

stopper

strawberry

stripe

striped

sumac

swamp

sycamore

tallow

tamarind

tamarisk

tape

tartar

tea

teak

tent

tent caterpillar

thorn

thread

tip

tolu

tolu balsam

toothed

topped

transitive

transitive verb

tree

tree creeper

tree fern

tree frog

treehopper

trefoil

trumpet

tung

tung oil

turpentine

twig

umbrella

umbrella tree

varnish

varnish tree

veld

veneer

verb

walnut

ware

wattle

wax

webworm

wedge

weevil

white oak

white pine

whitebark pine

willow

wilt

witch

witch hazel

wood

woodland

woodpecker

yellowwood

yew

48 Vocabulary Words for The Giver

Adherence

Admonition

Anguish

Apprehensive

Aptitude

Assuage

Augmented

Buoyancy

Carnage

Chastise

Chortle

Dejected

Distraught

Exasperate

Excruciating

Exhilarate

Exuberant

Fretful

Immobilize

Implore

Indolence

Indulgent

Infraction

Interdependence

Languid

Lethargy

Meticulous

Mystified

Nondescript

Obsolete

Ominous

Palpable

Peril

Permeate

Pervade

Prestige

Relinquish

Reprieve

Rueful

Sarcastic

Scrupulous

Serene

Sinuous

Solace

Solitude

Syringe

Transgression

Wretched

504 Absolutely Essential Words

abandon

abide

abolish

abroad

absorb

absurd

abundant

abuse

accurate

acknowledge

addict

adequate

adolescent

alter

amateur

ambush

annual

anticipate

appeal

appoint

approach

appropriate

architect

assemble

attract

audible

authority

avoid

aware

awesome

awkward

bachelor

baffle

baggage

bait

ban

beckon

beneficiary

betray

bewildered

bigamy

biography

blunder

brawl

brutal

budget

bulky

burden

calamity

calculate

campus

cancel

candidate

capacity

capsule

captive

casual

caution

cease

censor

century

challenge

charity

chiropractor

cinema

circulate

clergy

client

coeducational

coincide

collapse

colleague

collide

commence

commend

commuter

compel

compete

complacent

comprehend

comprehensive

conceal

conclude

confident

confine

confirm

conflict

consider

contagious

corpse

crafty

culprit

customary

data

daze

debate

debtor

decade

deceive

decrease

defect

defiant

defraud

dejected

deliberate

delinquent

denounce

dense

depart

depict

deprive

descend

despite

detect

detest

detour

devise

devour

dilemma

diminish

disaster

discard

disclose

dismal

dispute

disrupt

distress

document

doubt

dread

drench

drought

duplicate

dwindle

economical

editor

elevate

eliminate

embrace

emerge

encourage

endure

enormous

envy

epidemic

essential

estimate

evade

event

evidence

exaggerate

excel

excessive

exempt

exhaust

exhibit

expand

expensive

explore

expose

extract

famine

feeble

feminine

fertile

fiction

fierce

final

finance

flee

flexible

forbid

fortunate

fragile

frank

frequent

frigid

fugitive

gallant

glance

gleam

glimpse

gloomy

grateful

guide

harmony

harsh

harvest

hasty

hazy

heed

heir

hesitate

hinder

homicide

horrid

humid

identify

idle

idol

ignite

ignore

illegal

illustrate

indifference

ingenious

inhabit

innovative

insist

jagged

jealous

jeopardize

jest

jolly

journalist

justice

juvenile

keen

keg

kneel

lack

lecture

legend

legible

linger

logical

lottery

loyalty

lubricate

lunatic

magnify

maim

maintain

majestic

majority

manipulate

masculine

matrimony

mature

maximum

mediocre

menace

merit

microscope

migrate

miniature

minimum

minority

miserly

misfortune

molest

monarch

morality

morgue

morsel

mortal

mount

mourn

multitude

mumble

municipal

mute

mythology

narcotic

negative

neglect

neutral

nimble

nominate

nourish

novel

numb

numerous

oath

obedient

obesity

observant

obstacle

obtain

obvious

occupant

opt

oral

outlaw

pacify

panic

parole

partial

patriotic

pauper

pedestrian

penalize

penetrate

pension

peril

perish

persist

persuade

pierce

pioneer

placard

plea

pledge

pollute

ponder

popular

population

possible

postpone

potential

precaution

precede

predict

prejudice

preoccupied

preserve

prior

probe

proceed

prohibit

prominent

promote

prompt

prosecute

prosper

provide

pursue

qualify

quantity

quarter

quench

quota

quote

radical

rage

rapid

rash

rave

recede

recent

reckless

recline

redeem

refer

reform

refrain

rehabilitate

reject

related

relieve

reluctant

repetition

reptile

resent

resign

resist

respond

resume

retain

reveal

revise

revive

rival

roam

rural

sacred

scald

scarce

scorch

scowl

security

sensitive

severity

shriek

shrill

signify

sinister

site

skim

slender

sneer

soar

solitary

soothe

source

spontaneous

spouse

squander

stationary

subsequent

subside

summit

surpass

surplus

survive

swarm

symbol

sympathetic

tact

talent

temperate

tempest

tempt

tendency

theory

thorough

threat

thrifty

thrust

toil

topic

torment

torrent

tradition

tragedy

traitor

transmit

transparent

trifle

tumult

typical

tyrant

unaccustomed

unanimous

undeniable

underdog

underestimate

undernourished

undoubtedly

unearth

uneasy

uneventful

unforeseen

unify

unite

unruly

unstable

untidy

upholstery

urban

urgent

utensil

utilize

utter

vacant

vaccinate

vague

vain

valiant

valid

valor

vandal

vanish

vapor

variety

vast

vein

ventilate

venture

verdict

verify

vermin

verse

vertical

vessel

vicinity

vicious

victorious

vigor

villain

violent

visible

vision

vital

vocation

volu

Water Cycle Vocabulary Words

droplet

transpiration

water vapor

precipitation

condense

runoff

evaporate

salty

Earth’s surface

sleet

circulate

downhill

cycle

soak

underground

vapor

trapped

eventually

clay

layer

Sun

water

cloud

trap

land

flow

snow

tiny

rock

energy

provide

returning

cool

slightly

plant

ocean

rain

heat

surface

call

lose

ground

sea

lake

sky

journey

return

air

meet

form

also

above

known

between

some

take

again

back

know

most

over

Great Gatsby Vocabulary Words

supercilious

conscientious

incredulous

reciprocal

complacent

infinite

intimation

contiguous

facet

cower

interpose

apathetic

languid

imply

strident

innuendo

erroneous

vehement

cordial

vacuous

corpulent

din

fluctuate

sporadic

rajah

elicit

valour

somnambulate

denizen

jauntily

rout

innumerable

ecstatic

reproach

obstinate

exultation

nebulous

insidious

debauch

ingratiate

perturb

dilatory

desolate

elusive

lapse

insistent

tentative

tumult

portentous

irreverent

vicarious

settee

divot

garrulous

conceivable

forlorn

laden

pasquinade

derange

surmise

superfluous

elocution

Cell Word List

organelle

cytology

metabolism

ultracentrifuge

cytosol

ribosome

eukaryotic

prokaryotic

nucleus

cytoplasm

fundamental

microcosm

emergent

intricate

indispensable

accentuate

centrifuge

mitochondrion

facilitate

phospholipid

hydrophobic

aqueous

embark

chromatin

vesicle

detoxification

hydroxyl

proliferation

tubule

polypeptide

vicinity

lysosome

monomer

versatile

repository

vacuole

hydrophilic

macrophage

Setophaga

polysaccharide

glycoprotein

macromolecule

nucleon

mycoplasma

plasma membrane

Golgi apparatus

dismantle

enzyme

unpalatable

polarity

cisterna

biochemistry

homogenate

disparity

flagellum

centrosome

centriole

cell wall

chloroplast

parameter

nucleolus

diffuse

prominent

subunit

cellular

synthesis

genetic

catalyze

secretion

lumen

cytoskeleton

antibiotic

supernatant

hydrolysis

plastid

photosynthesis

fluorescence

specimen

epithelial

chromosome

theoretical

capsule

elongated

filament

fiber

granule

lamina

calcium ion