Word Origins and Dictionary Entries

Which of these is the name of a dictionary publisher?

• American Airlines

• Merriam-Webster

• Harvard-Oxford

• Random Mouse

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CCSS.L.11-12.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Which of these could be the guide words on the page where you would find an entry in the dictionary for the word “formidable”?

• Aardvark - cable

• Ferocious - file

• Fortress - frost

• Fork - foster

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CCSS.L.3.2G

According to the dictionary entry below, how many syllables are in the word”accumulate”?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RF.1.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

According to the dictionary entry below, what part of speech is the word “basin”?

• Verb

• Noun

• Adverb

• Adjective

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Which word from this page of the dictionary best describes something charming and fragile?

• Dainty

• Dairy

• Dais

• dale

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CCSS.L.3.2G