In Wordly Wise 3000 Book 5, each 15-word lesson begins with an alphabetized Word List that gives pronunciations, parts of speech, and concise definitions, and uses each word in a sentence. Some of the words taught in Book 5include strident, precarious, meticulous, congenial, bulwark, resilient, cursory, interminable, emulate, languish, and fastidious. Definitions are followed by exercises that distinguish usage, create sentences and phrases, identify synonyms and antonyms, and complete analogies. Narrative topics in this book include: Maya Angelou, The Iceman, The History of Written Language, Korean Folk Tale, The Bounty, Women in Space, The Pitcairn Island, Rigoberta Menchu (Nobel Peace Prize winner), Kachina Dolls, Hearst Castle, The Miss America Pageant, Leonardo Da Vinci, Wolves, Rabbi Rabinowicz, Central America, Prairie Women, Holland, and Paul Robeson.