Kensuke's Kingdom Vocabulary Review Quiz

What does the word sparsely mean in the sentence below?

 The desert is sparsely populated because it is hard to live in its hot, dry climate.

• quickly
• thinly
• usually
• easily

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word rigid mean in the sentence below?

 The cartilage that shapes a person’s ear is not as rigid 
as bone.

• stiff
• white
• thin
• smooth

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word venture mean in the sentence below?

 The hikers had to turn on their flashlights and venture into the cave.

• look inside
• study from afar
• enter in spite of risk
• carefully avoid

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word permeated mean in the sentence below?

  The smell of bread baking permeated the entire house.

• pierced
• disappeared from
• spread throughout
•  invaded

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word defy mean in the sentence below?

 The magician claimed he could defy gravity by making a person float.

• create or produce
• show or expose
• control or command
• resist or go against

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

The stormy sea lashed furiously against the shoreline. 
Does the phrase lashed furiously have a positive or negative connotation? 

• Positive 
• Negative 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

My family set out on an exciting expedition to explore a new island. 
Does the phrase exciting expedition have a positive or negative connotation? 

• Positive 
• Negative

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4