Module 9 Vocabulary

In a stagnant housing market, few people buy homes.

In the above sentence, the word STAGNANT means:

• not impressionable

• very popular

• not active

• very busy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

The teacher said that her student understood everything she taught right away. The student was just like a sponge. The saying, "just like a sponge" means.......

• Intelligent, absorbs everything

• Looks like SpongeBob

• Not intelligent, sponges are just things

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

The child crept stealthily into the kitchen in order to get a snack before dinner.

• Quietly

• Happily

• Loudly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.K.5D

After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made apple pie, apple sauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples! What does abundant probably mean?

• A shortage

• Not enough

• Very red

• Plentiful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.K.5D

Our baseball team's pitcher has a few eccentric habits, such as throwing exactly thirteen warm-up pitches and never wearing socks.

• Normal

• Strange

• Messy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

After the heavy rains, the stream became murky; in fact, the water was so cloudy you couldn't see the bottom.

• Cloudy

• Bottomless

• Clear

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.K.5D

The coach takes every opportunity to censure his players, yet he ignores every opportunity to praise them.

• Approve of

• Criticize

• Choose

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

The newlyweds agreed to be very frugal in their shopping because they wanted to save enough money to buy a house.

• Spend more money

• Save money

• Buy more things than before

• Keep things in a safe place

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Although Alex usually looks unkempt, he had a very neat appearance at his job interview.

• Orderly

• Handsome

• Messy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Although Dara and Vipa are very close friends, they are very different. Dara spends a lot of money to buy things while Vipa loves to economize.

• Spend more money

• Save money

• Buy more things than before

• Keep things in a safe place

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C