Roll of Thunder Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Always meticulously neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned. Today was no exception.

What does the word meticulously mean in the passage above?

• Standing up for yourself completely.

• Open to criticism.

• With extreme or excessive care.

• Stating your opinion.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Christopher-John and Stacey were not too pleased about the clothing or school either. Only Little Man, just beginning his school career, found the prospects of both intriguing.

In the passage above, what does the word intriguing mean?

• Creating curiosity or interest.

• Open to criticism.

• With extreme or excessive care.

• Stating your opinion.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

For it he would work the long, hot summer pounding

steel; Mama would teach and run the farm; Big Ma, in her

sixties, would work like a woman of twenty in the fields and

keep the house; and the boys and I would wear threadbare

clothing washed to dishwater color; but always, the taxes

and the mortgage would be paid.

In the passage above, what does the word threadbare

mean?

• Creating curiosity or interest.

• Open to care.

• Made like new.

• Becoming thin, tattered with age.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“Well,” said T.J., jauntily swinging into step with Stacey,

“here we go again startin’ another school year.”

“Yeah,” sighed Stacey.

In the passage above, what does the word jauntily mean?

• Expressing humility

• Expressing self-confidence

• Made like new

• Becoming thin, tattered with age

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Although being eyeball to eyeball with Miss Crocker was

nothing to look forward to, the prospect of being warm once the cold weather set in was nothing to be sneezed at either, so I resolved to make the best of my rather dubious position.

In the passage above, what does the word dubious mean?

• Hesitating or doubting

• Certainty in the face of opposition

• Moving aside

• Becoming powerful

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Sitting so close to the desk, I could see that the covers of

the books, a motley red, were badly worn and that the gray

edges of the pages had been marred by pencils, crayons, and ink. My anticipation at having my own book ebbed to a sinking disappointment.

In the passage above, what does the word motley mean?

• Hesitating or doubting

• Certainty in the face of opposition

• Upside down

• Mixture of different elements

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word indignation mean?

• Anger

• Joy

• Panic

• Fear

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word imperiously mean?

Miss Crocker, finding nothing else to say, turned imperiously and headed for the door.

• Swiftly or without care

• Moving slowly or carefully

• Happily or joyously

• Arrogantly, with a look or air of superiority

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4