Wink Chapter 6-10 Vocabulary

What does the term "pact" refer to?

• A prediction of the course of a disease

• A written agreement between two states or sovereigns

• An elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale

• A social gathering at which lively folk dancing takes place

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of "slalom"?

• A long artificial mound of stone or earth

• A fighter who participates in brawls

• Swerve from side to side as you ski

• Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word describes something that has to do with an artificial body part?

• Prognosis

• Spectacle

• Prosthetic

• Embankment

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does "catastrophic" mean?

• Having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

• A prediction of the course of a disease

• The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

• Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is a "hoedown"?

• A written agreement between two states or sovereigns

• A social gathering at which lively folk dancing takes place

• An elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale

• A long artificial mound of stone or earth

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "impending" mean?

• Clearly defined or formulated

• Close in time; about to occur

• Happens or occurs afterward or as a result

• Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of "ensues"?

• A fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)

• Having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

• A long artificial mound of stone or earth

• Happens or occurs afterward or as a result

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word "snarly" mean?

• A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

• Tangled in knots or snarls

• A random assortment of things

• To smother or suppress

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of "hodgepodge"?

• A bunch of odds and ends

• To smother or suppress

• Tangled in knots or snarls

• A random assortment of things

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "mishmash" refer to?

• A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

• To smother or suppress

• A bunch of odds and ends

• Tangled in knots or snarls

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E