ELA EOG Vocabulary Review

What does the underlined term mean in the following sentence? Jake bought a pre-owned car for his son.

• brand new

• owned before

• only owned once

Jackie is a wonderful piano player. But Emily is more versatile; she sings, acts, paints and writes poetry, and also plays the piano.

What does the word versatile mean?

• many abilities

• boring

• not skilled

• exciting

Piscatorial creatures, such as flounder, trout, and salmon, live in the coldest parts of the ocean.

Using context clues, what does Piscatorial mean?

• related to deserts

• related to fishing

• related to outer space

• related to hunting

PROVOKE means ...

• complicate

• inform

• to cause

• power

ANALYZE means ...

• to infer

• to evaluate

• to examine

• to compose

PROPEL means ...

• work

• move forward

• blade

• infer

TONE is the writer's ...

• topic

• attitude

• central idea

• subject

To CONTRAST is to point out ...

• images

• differences

• symbols

• parts of speech

What does the underlined term mean in the following sentence? The novel was a __bestseller__ for over a year.

• A) not sold

• B) sold the most

• C) sold the least

• D) not popular

In the sentence, 'The __gregarious__ student made friends easily,' what does the word __gregarious__ mean?

• A) shy

• B) sociable

• C) unfriendly

• D) quiet