6th Grade Vocab Practice 4

The cottage was vacant and the windows boarded up for the winter.

• empty
• residence
• haunted
• seasonal

During the Montgomery bus boycott, King was bombarded with death threats.

• to use refuse to participate or purchase certain goods 
• support a cause
• to purchase certain goods to help a friend.
• promote the general welfare

I wracked my brains in an attempt to formulate some way we could safely utilize Howie's unique abilities and produce beneficial results without exposing ourselves to God knows what.

• favorable
• inclusive
• negative
• crazy

By the 1st of November firewood would not ignite in the open air, and the soldiers warmed themselves over big bonfires of straw.

• became aflame  
• explosion
• smoke
• damp

All of the actors playing vampires wore eerie red contact lenses.

• strange; frightening
• simple; basic
• joyful; fun
• red

Terrible anguish struck her heart, she felt a dreadful ache as if something was being torn inside her and she were dying.

• severe suffering mental or physically
• a blood clot
• extreme happiness or comfort
• a heavy burden

The heavy Caribbean air of the Sanctuary was warm and fragrant with the scent of the sea.

• a place of refuge or safety
• a place of worship
• tropical island; paradise
• a fragrance 

The coach thought the boys' skills were inept despite how hard the boy tried. So, he did not make the team. 

• having or showing no skill
• having a natural talent
• primitive
• varying in strength 

All drivers must adhere to speed limits.

• obey; follow command
• consider; ponder
• use as a suggestion
• pass a test

The scientist contaminated his samples of algae when he placed the samples in bag together. 

• make something impure
• collected
• make certain
• pollination