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6th Grade Vocabulary Word List for Students

Grade 6 Vocabulary Word List for Students: 35 Words with a Self-Study Method

This page is written for students who want to study vocabulary independently. The title uses the international term Grade 6, while much of eduKate’s teaching context is Singapore Primary 6. These labels are not a claim that different national curricula are identical; the shared focus here is upper-primary English vocabulary learning.

The 35 words below came from a historical 2019 eduKate comprehension resource. They are an eduKate learning bank, not an official prescribed examination list.

The 35-Word Bank

figure, forlornly, active, astute, dazed, chores, caregiver, perked up, transfixed, stylish, perched, reprimanded, severe, practically, disciplinarian, retired, inseparable, jeered, snorted, conversation, coincidence, occurred, discovered, incident, thrilled, roared, swerved, indelible, forbidden, licence, interrupted, familiar, swiftly, gleaming, speechless.

Step 1 — Learn in Small Sets

Split the bank into sets of about 5–8 words. A short set lets you do more than recognise the spelling: you can learn meaning, grammar and use.

Step 2 — Make a Five-Column Record

Word Meaning Word class Useful phrase Your sentence
astute quick to understand and judge well adjective astute observation Her astute observation helped the group find the error.
swerved changed direction suddenly verb swerved to avoid The cyclist swerved to avoid the fallen branch.
indelible impossible to remove or forget adjective indelible impression The trip left an indelible impression on him.

Step 3 — Learn Important Contrasts

Step 4 — Notice Word Forms

In Singapore/British English, licence is the noun and license is the verb.

Step 5 — Self-Test Without Looking

  1. A word meaning perceptive and good at judging situations: ________.
  2. A phrase meaning became more cheerful or alert: ________.
  3. A word meaning changed direction suddenly: ________.
  4. A word meaning impossible to erase or forget: ________.
  5. A word meaning temporarily unable to speak because of strong emotion: ________.

Answers: astute; perked up; swerved; indelible; speechless.

Step 6 — Transfer into Writing

Choose only three words and write a short paragraph. Do not force all the words into one composition. If a word does not fit the scene naturally, leave it out.

Example:

The cyclist swerved sharply around the corner. For a moment, Amir stood transfixed as the bicycle missed him by inches. The near accident left an indelible memory of why he should never step into the road without looking.

Step 7 — Transfer into Reading

Cover the word bank and infer a target word from a fresh sentence. This checks whether you can use context rather than list order.

Example: “After the announcement, the usually quiet girl ________ and began asking excited questions.” → perked up.

Step 8 — Review Later

Return after several days. Shuffle the words and test them again. If you only remember them in the original sequence, retrieval is still too dependent on the list.

When Is a Word Secure?

A strong learner can:

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For the structure behind these connections, read the eduKateSingapore runtime manifest and the eduKate ecosystem boot contract. The reader map describes public navigation; those manifests preserve the wider ownership and return rules.

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