Vocabulary Workshop C/7-9

The acme of my career

• low point 
• commencement
• highest point
• nadir

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

endowed a library

• visited
• joined
• worked in 
• funded

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

an exotic setting

• drab
• pleasant
• colorful
• unusual

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

pronounced her a prodigy

• failure
• marvel
• victim
• cheat

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

a haggard expression  

• angry
• careworn
• happy
• comical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

a gaunt prisoner

• escaped
• starved
• doomed
• chained

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

apt to bite

• unlikely
• liable
• difficult 
• certain

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

menial tasks

• lowly
• rewarding
• complicated
• simple

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Synonym:  jaunty

• ancient
• young
• lively  
• heavy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Synonym:  wallow

• roll about
• look around
• read over
• go outside

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A