Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms

The flowers grow profusely in the garden.

• healthily

• wildly

• plentifully

• colourfully

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

The news story revealed the squalor of the old prison cells.

• security

• strength

• ambiance

• filthiness

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Although she had visited the site on many occasions, nothing had compared her for the grandeur of the sunset on that day.

• colourfulness

• splendor

• gaudiness

• harmony

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

For the first time in a decade the company disclosed a deficit in its accounts.

• error

• defect

• balance

• shortfall

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

It was impossible to rectify the error made by the computer since inaccurate information had been fed into it.

• alter

• erase

• correct

• determine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Although some words and forms of addresses are archaic most people still understand what they mean.

• old-fashioned

• misused

• unacceptable

• unconventional

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

During the final stages of the trial a new witness was called to corroborate the testimony of the accused.

• clarify

• confirm

• conclude

• compliment

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The employees were skeptical about the usefulness of the new procedure.

• unenthusiastic

• concerned

• forewarned

• doubtful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

During the rainstorm yesterday the wind blew incessantly across the island.

• noisily

• furiously

• constantly

• occasionally

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

The stricken family thanked the entire community for their benevolence after the earthquake.

• kindness

• courtesy

• tolerance

• friendship

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6