Academic vocabulary words for 6th graders

These grade-appropriate vocabulary words for sixth graders will be used in many subjects this year — from English and history to math and science. These words are also used in everyday adult conversation. Knowing these vocabulary words aids in reading comprehension and adds precision to your child’s writing and speaking.

Print this list, courtesy of Hyde Park Central School District, and post it on your fridge so you and your child will see it regularly. Try using these so-called $5 words in conversation with your child — hearing new words in context is one of the easiest ways for kids to learn and remember new words.

adjacent	dimension	obedient
accumulate	drastic	oblivious
adapt	elaborate	origin
adequate	encourage	peculiar
analyze	equation	persuade
anticipate	evaluate	prediction
appropriate	exaggerate	priority
artifact	exhaust	quote
benefit	expression	realistic
calculate	extend	recount
catastrophe	extensive	reinforce
chronological	factor	repetition
citizen	ferocious	retrieve
civilization	frequent	frequency
compose	genuine	solution
conclusion	government	strategy
congruent	history	substitute
consequence	hypothesis	suspense
construct	insists	tentative
continuous	irrigate	thesis
contrast	lofty	transfer
contribute	manipulate	unanimous
declare	massive	unique
democracy	narrate	variable
similar	viewpoint	violate