Determining Word Meaning

What is the meaning of pertain as used in this passage?

• to have to do with

• to have similar opinions

• to fit together

• to disagree with

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the meaning of fraught as used in this passage?

• demonstrating

• full of

• resembling

• overstimulated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the meaning of stymied as used in this passage?

• altered

• canceled

• ignored

• blocked

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the meaning of solicited as used in this passage?

• paid

• assembled

• honored

• asked

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of crowdsourcing as used in this passage?

• full or complete coverage

• copying information

• speeding up the process

• calling upon the services of many people

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What is the meaning of comprehensive as used in this passage?

• complete

• well-known

• expensive

• widely used

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Your poster is very good. The drawing really lets people know what our club is all about. I do think that you could enhance it by adding some more color. That will tend to grab everyone’s attention. When you enhance something, you __________.

• draw it

• make it better

• throw it out

• ruin it

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Don’t feel stupid. Yes, you thought this worthless replica was a valuable work of art. But it even fooled a lot of experts. It certainly looked like the real thing! A replica is __________.

• a dishonest act

• something ugly

• something that is worthless

• a copy

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

I just can’t beat Paula when we play chess! Every time I make a move that should lead me to victory, she makes a better move that thwarts my plan. If you thwart a robbery, you __________.

• commit a crime

• stop a crime from happening

• imagine a theft

• assist a criminal

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The owner of the restaurant wouldn’t allow Samantha to walk through the door. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but you started a food fight the last time you were here. You may not have ingress to my restaurant!” What does “ingress” mean in this selection?

• a kind of bird that lives by the sea

• any food that can be thrown

• a good price for a meal

• the right to enter

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E