Vocabulary Check for Understanding

Identify a synonym for the underlined word: The streets were rife with rumor and fear

• Helpful

• Harmful

• Hopeful

• Hazardous

Identify a synonym for the underlined word: Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.

• Die

• Live

• Thrive

• Fly

Identify a synonym for the underlined word: They looked glum but later cheered up

• Angry

• Joyful

• Excited

• Unhappy

Identify a synonym for the underlined word: The nice teacher gave them a glint of hope

• Speck

• Lot

• Attitude

• Abundance

Identify a synonym for the underlined word: For the final time, George solemnly recounted the story of the farm for Lennie.

• Happily

• Tiredly

• Seriously

• Suddenly

Identify a synonym for the underlined word: You can't function properly when you're deprived of sleep.

• Tired

• Constantly having

• Forced to have

• Prevented from having

Identify a synonym for the underlined word: This herb has both a culinary and a medicinal use

• poisonous

• harmful

• helpful

• cooking

Identify a synonym for the underlined word: I impulsively grabbed her wrist during the scary.

• quickly

• rashly

• eagerly

• numbly