The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Vocabulary Quiz 3

oblivious

• overweight to the point of type 2 diabetes

• not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one

• parallel to things

• transparent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

meager

• lacking couth

• built up with compliments

• rude in a conversation

• lacking in quantity or quality

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

calloused

• solid from calcium deposits

• friendly to the point of annoyance

• having an area of hardened skin

• smooth to the touch

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

devote

• very loving or loyal

• trade for a better deal

• withdraw a ballot

• playing a sharp chord when a flat is required

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

semaphore

• a system of sending messages by holding the arms or two flags or poles in certain positions according to an alphabetic code

• a person accustomed to land but prefers living on water

• a vegetarian who lies about eating meat

• a creature with wings that exists because of a nuclear accident

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

exhilirating

• feeling cold to the point of numbness

• depressing because of PTSD

• making one feel very happy, animated, or elated

• something that makes one feel unaware of surrounding circumstances

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

abhorred

• regard with disgust or hatred

• accepting of one with scaly skin

• showing love to family members but not friends

• late to the party

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

insistent

• persuasive by tone of voice

• knowledgeable in scientific equations

• leaking air at an alarming rate

• demanding something; not allowing refusal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

vouched

• bought with coupons from a newspaper

• assert or confirm as a result of one's own experience that something is true or accurately so described

• a sarcastic answer to a religious question

• a trade for something worthless

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4