Benchmark Unit 6 Weeks 1 & 2 Vocabulary

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• primordial

• imperative

• danger

• silent intentness

• concentration

• first created or developed

• crucial; very important

• peril

• extremely cruel

• savages

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• hit with a stick

• antagonist

• evil character; bad guy

• trampled

• attackers

• dignity

• stomped

• clubbed off

• self-respect

• assailants

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• when

• tuition

• attacked

• illumined

• to fight against

• bombarded

• lit up

• rebel

• guidance; also $ paid to attend college

• ere

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• bitterness: also a snake's poison

• ignominiously

• without comfort

• especial

• better than usual

• disconsolate

• feelings of anxiety

• consternation

• shamefully

• venom

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• middle

• stern

• harsh

• unmolested

• usefulness

• virtue

• free from danger

• obedience

• order

• midst

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• surprise

• reproof

• disapproval

• cunningly

• path; draws over something

• traces

• driver

• wheeler

• slyly

• astonishment

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• unhappy

• aimlessly

• attempted

• ventured

• without direction

• placatingly

• soothingly

• ascended

• came up; going up

• forlorn

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• thick

• dense

• in a moment; very quickly

• trice

• very tiring

• devastation

• great destruction

• priorities

• most important things

• arduous

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• designed

• devour

• eat quickly

• voracious

• having a huge appetite

• devised

• moving wildly

• flailing

• shook

• shuddered

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• large amount of smoke rising in the air

• shallow

• small portion of a piece of literature

• excerpt

• screams

• shrieks

• not deep

• suburb

• residential area outside of a big city

• plume

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C