vocabulary in context

When are you more likely to crouch ?

• Picking a flower from the garden

• Reaching for a glass in the cabinet

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What’s more important in a relay race—one good runner or a team effort?

• One good runner

• A team effort

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If you were to clutch something, would you be tossing it away or holding it close?

• Tossing it away

• Holding it close

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Dan did not enjoy his job as a dishwasher. It was monotonous work, doing the same thing over and over.

What does monotonous mean in the sentence above?

• disgusted

• boring

• dangerous

• inspiring

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?

• her father walked in

• relaxing with a magazine

• sounding annoyed, too.

• can you help me

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

Amiable: If you go to the party wearing your best smile, laugh good naturedly, and try your dance steps out (even if you aren’t the best dancer), you will attract attention with your amiable disposition.

• Charming

• Friendly

• Noticeable

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CCSS.L.3.2F

If you want to achieve your goal, your must persevere despite all obstacles.

What is the most likely meaning of the word persevere as it is used in the sentence?

• create change

• move away

• keep going

• give up

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Again they searched meticulously, but no keys. Where could they be? They've looked EVERYWHERE!

If you did something meticulously, you would be-

• working very carefully.

• trying to find something.

• trying to finish quickly.

• feeling silly.

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

The _____________________ field seemed to extend forever.

• flourished

• sprawling

• hostile

• acknowledged

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

1.Disposition: Unlike his sister Cattie, who had a very calm and mellow disposition, John jumped on Sofas and ran through the house like an animal kingdom.

• Temperament

• Arrangement

• Aura

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D