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.

6th grade vocabulary words

adjacent
accumulate
adapt
adequate
analyze
anticipate
appropriate
artifact
benefit
calculate
catastrophe
chronological
citizen
civilization
compose
conclusion
congruent
consequence
construct

continuous
contrast
contribute
declare
democracy
dimension
drastic
elaborate
encourage
equation
evaluate
exaggerate
exhaust
expression
extend
extensive
factor
ferocious
frequent

frequency
genuine
government
history
hypothesis
insists
irrigate
lofty
manipulate
massive
narrate
obedient
oblivious
origin
peculiar
persuade
prediction
priority
quote

realistic
recount
reinforce
repetition
retrieve
similar
solution
strategy
substitute
suspense
tentative
thesis
transfer
unanimous
unique
variable
viewpoint
violate