Vocabulary / Just 17 Syllables

Which word contains the Latin root meaning sound?  

• discolor

• absolutely

• audible

• large

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Which word contains the Greek root meaning life?  

• abolish

• biomass

• future

• pretest

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

Which word is related to hearing and seeing?  

• rediscover

• audiovisual

• baseball

• music

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

All of these words have something to do with a landform that is rising. Which word best describes the steepest of these landforms?  

• cliff

• slope

• mountain

• bluff

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word contains the Latin root meaning break?  

• budgeting

• playground

• parachute

• disruptive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

What is the meaning of the word melancholy in this sentence? 

His melancholy vanished when he made friends at camp.  

• curiosity

• sadness

• tiredness

• fear

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The word pondered means

• to think about things carefully

• rhyming words

• to walk fast in the park

• break up in small parts

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

Which answer is the widest kind of road?

• lane

• avenue

• expressway

• street

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

  Which word makes sense in this sentence? 

 The ____________ ordered that a beautiful park be built.

• criminal

• shogun

• husky

• refugee

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A section of a poem or song is a

• verse

• prompt

• sentence

• poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D