4th Grade Words

Many schools implement vocabulary instruction in either third or fourth grade; they provide students with a list of words to learn.

4th Grade Vocabulary Words

Our school introduced the following vocabulary words in fourth grade. They also work on structural analysis of words through our spelling program which focuses on words containing prefixes. For a list of spelling words, please visit our 4th grade spelling words section. Our school alternates between vocabulary and spelling words every week; tests are administered every Friday.

abrupt	entertain	permit
achieve	equip	persist
active	exceed	persuade
affect	expose	pessimist
alter	famished	phase
approach	flexible	prepare
astound	forbid	project
attempt	forecast	quaint
attend	glimpse	recall
benefit	grace	recite
burrow	grove	recommend
calculate	hail	reduce
cease	hibernate	reject
cherish	impose	remark
climate	instant	represent
column	keen	resist
complete	lack	respond
confuse	limb	revise
contempt	limp	scorch
contract	mammoth	scurry
decay	master	seize
destructive	mature	sensitive
develop	migrate	severe
dismay	mock	shallow
distribute	modest	sufficient
drowsy	nestle	surround
eager	observe	tower
ease	parallel	utter
eject	paralyze	venture
embrace	patriot	victim