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 Name: ________________________________ The following words will be tested on Friday, April 17th:
painless
sickness
sadness
helpless
hopeless
darkness
fearless
thickness careless
goodness
spotless
softness
thankless kindness
Major understanding: The suffix –less means “without,” and the suffix
–ness means “the condition of.”
The following words are this week’s Target Vocabulary words. During reading assessments, one
portion of the test will cover vocabulary. On average, 5 of those words tested are from the
following list:
1.
approached Approached means came near.
2. section
A section is a part of something.
3. avalanches
Avalanches occur when large amounts of snow
or rocks slide down a mountain.
4. increases
Increases means becomes greater or larger.
5. equipment
The things that are needed for a particular
activity or purpose are called equipment.
6. tanks
Tanks are containers that hold liquids or gases.
7. slopes
Slopes are stretches of ground that slant
upward or downward.
8. altitude
9. succeed
10. halt
Height measured from the earth’s surface
is called altitude.
To succeed is to manage to do what you
tried to do.
Halt means to come or bring to a stop.