Refugee Vocabulary Chapters 13-18

dirty or foul, as from neglect

• rudder

• obscure

• squalid

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A support or base for a column, statue, or some other object.

• concrete

• pedestal

• rudder

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

No one had voted or named him captain, but he had built the boat, after all, and he was the one at the ___________ steering it, so that put him in charge.

• rudder

• pedestal

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to take in or out of the country illegally

• visa

• refrain

• smuggle

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

All the shops were closing as they walked back through town, but Mahmoud _ _______________at how clean everything looked here in Turkey.

• wretched

• marveled

• smuggled

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A phrase or melody that is repeated regularly during a song or poem.

• refrain

• squalid

• wispy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The __________________ black clouds made us take cover and prepare for a terrible storm.

• wretched

• wispy

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

being thin, fine, or feathery in appearance

• wispy

• obscure

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

All the people in the concentration camp had _________________ looks on their faces.

• wretched

• marveled

• obscured

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

not famous or little known; not discovered or known about; uncertain.

• wretched

• ominous

• obscure

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4