Grade 6 Lesson 2 vocabulary

What is a synonym for the word contested?

• found

• debated

• agreed

• feared

What is an antonym for the word pursuit?

• follow

• chase

• surrender

• hunt

What is the best definition for the word scholastic?

• a good writer

• a doctor of learning

• having to do with school

• to scold someone

Choose the best sentence for the word grimly.

• She grimly accepted her diploma.

• Stanley grimly shoveled his second hole.

• He wrote about the grimly scene.

• The Grimace stole the grimly milksake.

Choose a synonym for the word employed.

• fired

• left

• hired

• quit

Choose an antonym for the word tumult

• confusion

• peaceful

• chaos

Choose the best definitions for the word mentor.

• peer

• teacher

• advisor

• enemy

Choose the best sentence for the word culprit.

• The culprit was caught and arrested.

• The culprit ate his lunch.

• The culprit was awarded for his behavior.

Is the word used correctly?

He was deprived of his recess because he did not pass in his homework.

Choose the word in the sentence that means amazing or astonishing.

"The miraculous event was seen by a myriad of people."

• miraculous

• myriad