Tale of Despereaux Vocab 1

What is the definition of despair?

• to be without hope

• to be angry

• to be scared

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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What is the definition of rodent?

• a giant bird

• a big animal

• a gnawing mammal

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the definition of protest?

• to argue about something

• to like something

• to punch someone

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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What is the definition of adore?

• to hate someone

• to love and respect deeply

• to like someone

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What is the definition of instinct

• a pattern that repeats itself over and over again

• a job you have to do while in school

• a fixed behavior in response to a certain event

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

What is the definition of litter?

• a group of people

• a group of birds flying in the sky

• a group of young animals born at one time

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the definition of abyss?

• a deep, bottomless hole

• a big lake to jump in

• a big hole with a lake at the bottom

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

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What is the definition of squint?

• eyes wide open

• partially closed eyes

• mouth partially closed

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

I _________ at the old man sitting on the bus.

• rodent

• squinted

• litter

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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The _________ chewed through the rope.

• rodent

• adore

• instinct

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4