Refugee Vocabulary Set 1 (10 words)

"She walked on the ______________ by the beach and found Lito in the crowd." Which word means walkway.

• Reel

• Queue

• Promenade

• Ethereal

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

"The afternoon adhan from the nearby mosque echoed through the bombed out streets, the _____________ voice of the mu'adhdin praising Allah and calling everyone to prayer"

Which word means heavenly or otherworldly?

• Ethereal

• Squalid

• Reel

• Perversion

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Mahmoud watched as the two boys attacked the boy with the bread. He felt strings of ________________, of anger, of sympathy.

Which word means anger caused by something unfair or wrong?

• Waning

• Queue

• Fraught

• Indignation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"A man with a bloody head staggered past Isabel. She _______ in horror!"

Which word means to pull back?

• Fraught

• Reeled

• Waning

• Squalid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"They watched as Aaron Landau ran for the ramp, where other passengers had already ____________ up to hand in their tickets to a smiling man in a sailor's uniform"

Which word means to line up?

• Queued

• Promenade

• Ethereal

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

"It was night and the ______________ moon peeked out from behind scattered clouds."

Which word means the moon appears to become less full?

• Squalid

• Anecdote

• Waning

• Reel

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

"Daesh thought they were fighting the final war, and anyone who didn't agree with their twisted _________________ of Islam were infidels who should have their heads cut off."

Which word means that something good was made to be something bad?

• Fraught

• Perversion

• Queue

• Waning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

"What would have been a happy occasion in the Landau home was now ________________ with anxiety, thanks to his father's paranoia.

Which word means full of something bad or unwanted?

• Reel

• Squalid

• Promenade

• Fraught

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"Castro rambled on without a script, quoting novels and telling personal _____________ about the Revolution."

Which word means a short story about a funny event?

• Anecdotes

• Reel

• Fraught

• Ethereal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

"If he were a Turkish border guard, he wouldn't have let in any of these dirty _____________ people, himself included."

Which word means very dirty and unpleasant?

• Perversion

• Squalid

• Ethereal

• Reel

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4