
A Long Way from Chicago Vocab Quiz
Authored by Aimee Cogger
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
the comfort you feel with consoled in times of disappointment
consolation
a person who is very poor
codger
an eccentric, elderly man
pauper
a person without moral scruples
privy
a room or building equipped with toilets
reprobate
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
2.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
iron that is coated in zinc to protect it from rust
settee
a small sofa
skittish
make off with the belongings of others
pilfer
unpredictability excited
galvanized iron
an optical illusion
mirage
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
3.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
to turn away or aside
avert
a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form a legging
puttee
give off smoke, fumes, warm vapor, steam, etc.
stagnant
not circulating or flowing
reek
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
larceny
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
an open horse-drawn carriage
rap
twist and press out of shape
wring
strike, usually with a fist
buckboard
funnel shaped receptacle; contents pass by into receptacle below
hopper
make light, repeated taps on a surface
pummel
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a surrounding or nearby region
vicinity
a sale of donated items
rummage sale
wear away by rubbing
centennial
a small overnight bag
valise
completing a period of a 100 years
fray
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
6.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
any of the various small animals or insects that are pests
quartet
scraps of meats boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for frying
scrapple
four performers or singers who perform together
vermin
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
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