Sadlier Vocabulary Level C: Unit 1

The discordant noises came bellowing out of the Chorus classroom.  Discordant means:

• to develop gradually
• to float or hang suspended
• lacking in harmony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

A passage taken from a book, article

• adage
• citadel
• excerpt
• bonanza

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly

• revert
• jostle
• collaborate
• grope

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

When the power failed, we had to _______________in the dark to find a working flashlight.

• oblique

• grope

• servile

• preclude

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

My essay includes a long _______________from a speech by Sojourner Truth.

• decree

• legendary

• excerpt

• tether

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Authors hope that their notes, descriptions, and character sketches will ________________into a successful book.

• collaborate

• evolve

• invalidate

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

During his eleven years of "personal rule," King Charles I of England bypassed Parliament and governed the country by royal decree. Based on context, decree most likely means... 

• proclamation, edict' proclaim
• boos, disproval, ridicule
• progress, advance
• wreckage, debris

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

As we discussed our coming vacation, we gradually evolved a plan for a bicycle trip through New England. Based on context, evolved most likely means... 

• withered, shriveled up, atrophied
• unfolded ,emerged
• portioned, sectioned, extracted
• lingered, wavered

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Suddenly the discordant voices of the two quarreling people burst upon my ears and jarred me out of my daydream. Based on context, discordant most likely means... 

• courteous, civil, well-mannered
• harmonious, in agreement
• slavish, groveling, fawning
• grating, shrill, different, divergent

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Let me read aloud a few excerpts from the newspaper review of the new movie. Based on context, excerpts most likely means... 

• portions, sections, extracts
• boos, disproval, ridicule
• wreckage, debris
• proclamations, edicts

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4