📚 50 Words Every 1st Grader Should Know
after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly,
from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just,
know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put,
round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk,
were, when, also, big, come, day, first, get, help, school
Words drawn from the Dolch 1st‑Grade Sight Words (41 words) plus 9 academic/enrichment terms :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}.
📘 50 Words Every 2nd Grader Should Know
always, around, because, been, before, best, both, but, call, cold,
does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its,
made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit,
sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash,
which, why, wish, work, would, write, your, change, different, example,
father, follow, picture, school
Based on the **46 Dolch Second‑Grade Sight Words** :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} and expanded with 9 commonly used academic terms from ABCmouse :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
📗 50 Words Every 3rd Grader Should Know
about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw,
drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt,
if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never,
only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start,
ten, today, together, try, warm,
additional, example, climate, persuade, examine,
predict, solution, volunteer, region
Based on the **Dolch 3rd‑Grade Sight Words** list (41 words) :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}, plus 9 subject‑area academic terms from GreatSchools’ 3rd‑grade list :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
📚 50 Words Every 4th Grader Should Know
above, across, address, ago, air, airplane, almost, also, ant,
awake, bad, bake, banana, bath, beans, beat, began, bend, beside,
between, bill, bit, bake, bill, clock, count, cover, cross, creek,
cup,
accomplish, adapt, avoid, calculate, compare, confirm, contrast,
convince, critical, describe, develop, evidence, example,
essential, estimate, flexible, fortunate, demonstrate, describe,
estimate
Based on the **Dolch 4th Grade Sight Word List** (core sight words) :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} and
**Academic Vocabulary for 4th Graders** :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
📘 50 Words Every 5th Grader Should Know
accomplish, accurate, achieve, analyze, argument, assume, atmosphere, available, abolish,
abundant, anxious, approximate, aware, brilliant, cautious, conclude, conflict, context,
convenience, debate, declare, decline, detect, document, duplicate, edible, elevate,
enormous, evidence, exert, exhibit, express, explore, extensive, fortunate, generous,
hesitant, heroic, identify, illustrate, imagine, independent, influence, investigate,
navigate, numerous, observe, persuade, predict
✨ Words drawn from:
• “150 Words Every 5th Grader Should Know” (*Vocabulary.com*) :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
• “5th Grade Vocabulary Word List” (*GreatSchools*) :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
• “100 Spelling Words & Vocabulary for 5th Grade” (*HelloSubs*) :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
• “150 Words Every 5th Grader Should Know” (*Vocabulary.com*) :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
• “5th Grade Vocabulary Word List” (*GreatSchools*) :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
• “100 Spelling Words & Vocabulary for 5th Grade” (*HelloSubs*) :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
📒 50 Words Every 6th Grader Should Know
abundant, accumulate, adapt, adhere, agony,
alliance, ambitious, anticipate, anxious, beneficial,
boycott, capacity, chronological, civic, collaborate,
concise, consequence, conspicuous, contaminate, controversy,
declare, diligent, diminish, discrete, diversify,
economy, elaborate, eligible, emancipate, exaggerate,
evolve, fervent, frustrated, hazard, illuminate,
instinct, jostle, justify, massive, navigate,
objective, obstacle, originate, porous, precede,
priority, random, reassure, revise, skeptical
✨ Word selection pulled from the 125-word list “Words Every 6th Grader Should Know” (Vocabulary.com) :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} and academic vocabulary list from GreatSchools.org :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
📘 50 Words Every 7th Grader Should Know
abolish, coherent, comprise, domestic, earnest,
explicit, impede, instinctive, nostalgic, prevail,
relevant, somber, stagnant, turmoil, zeal,
agile, chronic, dwindle, eccentric, flounder,
impose, lax, lull, meticulous, oblige,
plagiarize, remnant, sophisticated, sustain, versatile,
askew, contemporary, crude, defiant, fluctuate,
haphazard, inconceivable, jeer, lenient, obliterate
This curated set of 50 words is drawn from **Vocabulary.com’s “125 Words Every 7th Grader Should Know”**, covering core & advanced academic vocabulary :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}.
📘 50 Words Every 8th Grader Should Know
abate, adamant, agile, audacious, benignant, belligerent, benign, chronological,
concede, concise, conspicuous, denote, dissipate, ecstatic, elusive, endeavor, evidence,
exasperate, flourishing, formidable, haughty, imperative, implore, incidental, initiative,
inert, intricate, mandatory, monotonous, obscure, permeate, pensive, pervasive, pertinent,
proficient, prudent, rebellious, redundant, revere, rueful, serene, somber, strenuous,
succinct, subordinate, tedious, tumultuous, ubiquitous, vulnerable
Words selected from Vocabulary.com’s “125 Words Every 8th Grader Should Know” :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} and academic vocabulary list from GreatSchools for 8th grade :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
📘 50 Words Every 9th Grader Should Know
abhor, ambiguous, appalled, alleviate, annihilate, archaic, blatant, coherent, concede,
concise, conspicuous, credible, cursory, dilemma, diligent, explicit, feasible, fluctuate,
husk, hypothetical, impartial, implication, incentive, infuriate, innovate, insidious,
irony, jeopardize, legitimate, lucrative, mandatory, oblivion, obsolete, pacify, perception,
perspective, pertinent, plagiarize, predominant, provoke, rational, redundant, relinquish,
retaliate, sabotage, simulate, squander, tangible, trauma, turmoil, validate
Curated from:
• **”120 Words Every 9th Grader Should Know”** on Vocabulary.com :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
• **GreatSchools academic list for 9th grade** :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
• **CopyLists compilation** confirming overlap :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
📘 50 Words Every 10th Grader Should Know
abstract, admonish, advocate, alternative, ambiguous,
analogy, anarchy, assiduous, assimilate, augment,
authentic, belligerent, bolster, bureaucratic, circumvent,
coalition, cohesive, collaborate, comply, concurrent,
connotation, constituent, contingent, criteria, demeanor,
deplore, derogatory, disparity, disseminate, dissident,
distraught, docile, dormant, egocentric, elusive,
emulate, equitable, eradicate, estrange, exacerbate,
expedite, fabricate, facilitate, fortuitous, fraudulent,
heinous, hypothetical, illicit, imminent, impetuous
Sourced from **GreatSchools’ “Academic Vocabulary Words for 10th Graders”** :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} and **Vocabulary.com’s “120 Words Every 10th Grader Should Know”** :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
📘 50 Words Every 11th Grader Should Know
accost, ambivalent, austere, brevity, censure,
compulsory, didactic, digress, elicit, faction,
flagrant, flippant, inflection, laudable, mortification,
plaintive, prerogative, rancor, satiate, superfluous,
acrid, ameliorate, auspicious, brazen, circumspect,
dearth, disparage, dogmatic, empirical, fastidious,
goad, guile, indoctrinate, intimate, nebulous,
portend, pretext, rapacious, scintillating, tenet,
anachronistic, ardor, asunder, bequeath, credulous,
demure, discourse, duplicity, enmity, felicity
Words 1–40 from “120 Words Every 11th Grader Should Know” (Vocabulary.com) :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Plus academic reinforcement from GreatSchools’ 11th-grade vocabulary list :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
Plus academic reinforcement from GreatSchools’ 11th-grade vocabulary list :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
📘 50 Words Every 12th Grader Should Know
abject, avail, capitulate, cursory, deference,
discrete, ephemeral, errant, expedient, gratuitous,
inimical, levity, peremptory, poignant, purport,
reticent, sinewy, sublime, tenuous, venerable,
arbitrary, banal, capricious, conjecture, decorous,
embroil, edification, esoteric, fitful, garish,
hackneyed, obsequious, perfunctory, prevaricate,
sagacity, sordid, strident, supercilious, torpor,
vestige,
adversity, benevolent, collaborate, empathy, fortuitous,
haughty, hypothesis, integrity, procrastinate, resilient
• Core words drawn from Vocabulary.com’s “120 Words Every 12th Grader Should Know” (Lists 1 & 2) :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
• Academic additions sourced from GreatSchools.org’s “Academic vocabulary words for 12th graders” :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}