The Veldt Vocabulary

Neurotic is

• in control of oneself
• mentally unstable
• not knowing 
• being jovial

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a jaunt is

• a piece of clothing
• a pleasure trip
• a new soda
• a pair of sneakers

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a Veldt?

• a jungle
• a shopping mall
• a grassland
• a mountain

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RL.K.1

Distracted but entertained

• intersperse

• jaunt

• odorphonics

• bemused

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the ability to do things independently and without thought

• veldt

• automaticity

• odorphonics

• bemused

The college student was __________ by the professor's lecture.

• veldt

• immense

• connoisseur

• bemused

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The nurse could not afford to let emotions cloud her judgement, so she gave the baby a shot with _________ ease.

• jaunty

• insufferable

• efficiency

• clinical

The suffix "al" (such as magical, original, clinical, etc) shows that the word is a(n) __________.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Preposition

The root word "auto" means _________.

• Self

• Robot

• Technology

• imagery

The words bemuse and appall are both ___________.

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Adverbs

• Verbs