Vocabulary Unit 8

Seabirds often _________ headfirst down into the ocean to to catch small fish and squid.

• plummet
• proclaim
• rankle
• stint

We left food and water for the _______ alley cat hoping he would gain some weight and get healthy.

• fervent
• perceptible
• gaunt
• stoical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

We ________ our loyalty to the United States when we recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

• proclaim
• infitrate
• abut
• rankle

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

We have been _________ ever since we met in the 2nd grade, and I think we will be friends forever.

• attires
• enmity
• scavengers
• cronies

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Some of our men ______________ the barricades of the enemy's camp and captured their leader.

• nullified
• infiltrated
• stinted
• unflagging

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The letter to the editor was so __________ that I could not understand what the writer actually had to say.

• cryptic
• stoical
• perceptible
• fervent

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

A few _______________ such as catfish and other  bottom feeders will help to keep a fish tank clean.

• proxies
• enmity
• scavengers
• cronies

Tags

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

Land that _________ a river or lake is considered a highly desirable location on which to build a summer home. 

• abuts
• avails
• infiltrates
• plummets

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

After seven days, you cannot ________ the contract without paying a penalty for cancelling it.

• plummet
• rankle
• proclaim
• nullify

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Two people may be close friends despite their having very ___________ interests and beliefs.

• cryptic
• divergent
• fervent
• stoical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4