Vocab List

What does indignation mean?

• anger over something that is not fair

• happiness over good news

• disappointment or humiliation

• something that is pleasant and peaceful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does chagrin mean?

• a half smile

• extremely happy

• an uneasy feeling of disappointment

• enormous in size

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does impersonate mean?

• to mock someone in a harmful way

• to pretend to be someone else

• to steal someone's identity

• to encourage someone to excel in their abilities

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does prodigious mean?

• pleasant and peaceful

• large in size or quantity

• anger over something that is unfair

• excellent ability in a certain area

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does "mediocre" mean?

• Outstanding

• Terrible

• Average, not very good

• Excellent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does the word "stern" mean?

• Very soft and gentle

• The front part of a boat

• Serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline

• A type of bird

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which word means "lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements"?

• Bleak

• Exuberant

• Charismatic

• Guileless

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"Rancid" most closely means:

• Fresh

• Spoiled or unpleasant

• Delicious

• Fragrant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which sentence uses "fondness" correctly?

• She showed her fondness for the book by reading it in one day.

• The fondness of the water made it difficult to see through.

• He ran with fondness to get to school on time.

• The cake had a very strange fondness to it.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word is a synonym for "forthcoming"?

• Impending

• Obscure

• Austere

• Scorched

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B