Download Lexicon 6th grade ELA

“Lexicon” – A Personal Illustrated Dictionary, invented by Leonardo da Vinci
Choose one word from each letter to illustrate. These words are highly suggested for your use. DO NOT use simplistic
words like, apple, dog, or football.
LOOK UP THE WORD, then write the word as a title, large at the top of the page, draw a large illustration in the center,
and write the definition at the bottom in CIS.
A
Art, alabaster, algorithm, abstract, astronomy, atom, antithesis, annoy, annihilate, ancestor, anguish, angelic, ancient,
ambidextrous, antidisestablishmentarianism; ELA: annotate, analyze, application, alliteration
B
Blatant, black hole, begrudge, behoove, beatitude, bliss, beatnik, bittersweet, benign, berserk, beseech, blindsided
C
Calypso, cacophony, chartreuse, creation, constant, collaboration, consequence, coincidence, celestial, cease, cerulean,
cerise, calligraphy, cache, conquer; ELA: conclude, contribute, create
D
Devine, drudgery, discernment, desist, dastardly, day dream, dynamo, dark horse, deluge, daydream, dragonfly, ELA:
determine
E
Edifice, eddy, ether, ethereal, explicit, ennui, enthusiasm, Einstein, Edison, Euclid, encapsulate, entrepreneur, ecstasy;
ELA: emphasize, express
F
Freedom, faith, forefather, forever, Ford, fragrant, fathomable, fruition, flabbergasted, frostbite, fluer d lies
G
God, gargantuan, gratitude, gentleness, gravity, Goldilocks Zone, gratuitous, glad tidings, gruff, grievous, galaxy
H
Honesty, hope, hob knob, hallmark, happenstance, harbinger, hatchment, havoc, hallelujah, honor; ELA: hyperbole
I
Inundate, intuition, independence, interdisciplinary, interstellar, illuminate, illustrate, icon, ideology, ideal, impact
J
Joy, justice, juvenile, jabberwocky, jovial, juxtapose, jeepers, jealous
K
Keystone, kibitzer, knowledge, ka, kaleidoscope
L
Labyrinth, liberty, landscape, lexicon, legend, life, love, luscious, lofty, languish, loquacious
M
Melancholy, Mayan, majesty, meteor, metropolis, malevolent, metropolis, mysterious, menagerie, ELA: metaphor
N
Notorious, Namaste, numbskull, nation, night jar, noted, nonchalant, Nostradamus, nimble, noble
O
Omniscient, Orion, opposition, ostentatious, opulent, ornithology, opaque, omen, ELA: onomatopoeia, origin
P
Pyramid, perfection, prejudice, phony, portrait, peace, pixel, precipitation, pandemonium, placate, ELA: personification
Q
Quetzal, quarantine, quantum, question, quirky, quality, quell, quintessential, quest, quash, quadruple
R
Reality, raucous, religion, rolling stone, right brain, robust, relish, reprimand, restitution, riotous, reiterate
S
Stellar, serendipity, sojourn, sublime, silhouette, season, symmetry, solitary, ELA: simile, symbolize, synthesize, summary
T
Travesty, talisman, truth, theory, tragedy, tranquility, tabula rasa, talent, transcend, tribulation, triumphant
U
Utopia, unicorn, universe, unanimous, Ursa Major, ubiquitous, unbounded, upstart, ELA: understand
V
Vermilion, vagabond, vague, Vern, vain glorious, valor, verbiage, valid, da Vinci, verbose, vermin, vile, vigilant, viewpoint
W
Winnebago, wisdom, wormhole, wax and wane, HG Wells, Wright Brothers, watershed moment, whimsy, wiseacre
X Xenolith, xylophone, x ray, x ray star, xenophobe
Y Yonder, yoga, yuletide, yesterday, yahoo, yammer, yen, yearn
Z Zeppelin, zephyr, zenith, zodiac, zany, Zen, zealot, zeitgeist, zoology