Vocabulary: The Ravine

Vocabulary: The Ravine

Learning Objectives: 
1. Recall: Identify the meaning of target vocabulary words.
2. Apply: Use context clues to determine the meaning of target vocabulary words.
3. Create: Use more than one word in a small paragraph.

Multiple Choice

Ravine

• something that has many knots and bumpy areas on its surface

• starting to decay and fall apart

• a deep, narrow valley made by running water

Multiple Choice

gnarly

• something that has many knots and bumpy areas on its surface

• A deep, narrow valley made by running water

• Starting to decay and fall apart

Multiple Choice

Decomposing

• something that will fall, pour, or rush in stages, like a waterfall over steep rocks

• A small brook or stream

• Starting to decay and fall apart

Multiple Choice

rivulet

• something that will fall, pour, or rush in stages, like a waterfall over steep rocks

• starting to decay and fall apart

• A small brook or stream

Multiple Choice

cascade

• something that will fall, pour, or rush in stages, like a waterfall over steep rocks

• starting to decay and fall apart

• A deep, narrow valley made by running water

Multiple Choice

Coins _____________d from/out of the fruit machine.

• ravine

• cascade

• rivulet

Multiple Choice

There were low trees with thick,_______________ branches.

• gnarly

• ravine

• rivulet

Multiple Choice

Certain kinds of plastic _______ quickly.

• gnarly

• ravine

• decopose

Multiple Choice

___________of sweat/rain/blood ran down his face.

• Rivulets

• decomposing

• gnarly

Poll

All words are clear so far.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

precipice

• An overhanging or extremely steep area of rock

• Showing pain or embarrassment suddenly and for a short time in the face.

• To laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly

Multiple Choice

winced

• An overhanging or extremely steep area of rock

• To laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly

• Showing pain or embarrassment suddenly and for a short time in the face.

Multiple Choice

scoffed

• Showing pain or embarrassment suddenly and for a short time in the face.

• To laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly

• (of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them

Multiple Choice

parallel

• An overhanging or extremely steep area of rock

• To laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly

• (of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them

Multiple Choice

murky

• To laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly

• (of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them

• (adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

Multiple Choice

The film opens with a shot of a climber dangling from a________________.

• scoffed

• wince

• precipice

Multiple Choice

It makes me ____________ even thinking about eye operations.

• wince

• precipice

• scoffed

Multiple Choice

Years ago people__________ at the idea that cars would be built by robots.

• precipice

• scoffed

• parallel

Multiple Choice

The river was brown and_________ after the storm.

• winced

• scoffed

• murky

Multiple Choice

The two roads are____________.

• parallel

• scoffed

• murky

Poll

All words are clear so far.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Tangy

• Tasting sour like a lemon

• giving a big smile

• A number of long pieces held together) of hair, thread, rope,

Multiple Choice

grinning

• Tasting sour like a lemon

• A number of long pieces held together) of hair, thread, rope,

• giving a big smile

Multiple Choice

hank

• move unsteadily from side to side

• A number of long pieces held together) of hair, thread, rope,

• giving a big smile

Multiple Choice

wobble

• move unsteadily from side to side

• giving a big smile

• tasting sour like a lemon

Multiple Choice

_________ foods, like vinegar and lemon juice, have a sharp, acidic flavor.

• grinning

• Tangy

• hank

Multiple Choice

He________ at me from the doorway.

• grinned

• tangy

• hank

Multiple Choice

She cut off a____________ of her hair.

• grinning

• wobble

• hank

Multiple Choice

That table________ whenever you put anything on it.

• tangy

• wobbles

• hank

Poll

All words are clear so far.

• Yes

• No