Wordly Wise Book 7, Lesson 10

To avert your eyes is to

• blink them repeatedly.
• open them.
• shut them.
• turn them away,

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Someone with a nimble mind is

• clever.
• suspicious.
• lazy.
• disorganized.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A person's plight is

• his or her personality.
• his or her family.
• his or her difficult situation.
• a school or college he or she attends.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A lion mutilated its prey. It

• hid from its prey.
• chased its prey
• smelled its prey.
• tore its prey apart.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mona's behavior verges on the ridiculous. This means that she behaves that she behaves in a manner that is

• absolutely ridiculous.
• not at all ridiculous.
• close to ridiculous.
• unkind.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which is an aquatic sport?

• baseball
• swimming
• gymnastics
• basketball

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of these would you most likely to do blithely?

• study for an important test
• work out at soccer practice
• babysit your little brother
• play Frisbee in the park with friends on a summer day

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

lethal =

• flawed
• critical
• deadly
• rough

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

assertion =

• response
• question
• declaration
• excuse

blithe =

• kind
• cheerful
• generous
• beautiful

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4