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These vocabulary bingo cards contain 28 challenging words for students in Grades 4–8, with a 5×5 card layout. The word list includes literary and academic vocabulary such as ferocious, despair, beckon, and illuminate. Use these cards for vocabulary review, reading-unit warm-ups, or as a template for other word-focused bingo activities.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Vocabulary
Grade Level:
4th – 8th Grades
Updated May 2025

Word List

  • gangrene
  • infection
  • hypotheria
  • assure
  • ordeal
  • immense
  • summon
  • beckon
  • solemn
  • perplex
  • emerge
  • ferocious
  • grim
  • bewildered
  • envious
  • cringe
  • wring
  • tuft
  • restrain
  • despair
  • peril
  • scrawny
  • illuminate
  • gleeful
  • gape
  • glisten
  • devour
  • isolate

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