Benchmark Unit 6 Weeks 1 & 2 Vocabulary

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• primordial

• savages

• concentration

• imperative

• extremely cruel

• silent intentness

• crucial; very important

• first created or developed

• danger

• peril

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.

• evil character; bad guy

• trampled

• hit with a stick

• antagonist

• stomped

• dignity

• self-respect

• clubbed off

• attackers

• 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.

• to fight against

• rebel

• lit up

• illumined

• guidance; also $ paid to attend college

• bombarded

• when

• ere

• attacked

• tuition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Match the definitions with the correct words.

• shamefully

• disconsolate

• better than usual

• venom

• without comfort

• ignominiously

• bitterness: also a snake's poison

• consternation

• feelings of anxiety

• especial

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.

• order

• virtue

• middle

• stern

• usefulness

• unmolested

• harsh

• midst

• free from danger

• obedience

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.

• disapproval

• reproof

• path; draws over something

• wheeler

• surprise

• cunningly

• slyly

• astonishment

• driver

• traces

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.

• without direction

• aimlessly

• soothingly

• forlorn

• attempted

• placatingly

• came up; going up

• ventured

• unhappy

• ascended

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.

• great destruction

• trice

• thick

• dense

• in a moment; very quickly

• devastation

• most important things

• arduous

• very tiring

• priorities

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.

• eat quickly

• devised

• shook

• flailing

• designed

• voracious

• having a huge appetite

• devour

• moving wildly

• 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.

• small portion of a piece of literature

• shrieks

• large amount of smoke rising in the air

• plume

• not deep

• suburb

• residential area outside of a big city

• excerpt

• screams

• shallow

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C