Adventure Time with Vocabulary 11-14!

Dean Dread, a disturbing figure in his somber suit and tie, directed the group to go to the "cafetorium," a combination of cafeteria and auditorium.
In this selection, the word somber means:

• bright and happy
• dark and gloomy
• wet and spongy
• gray with stripes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

      "What a bizarre dean," whispers Sam Sagacious sotto voce to William Waggish.  "You and I wouldn't want to cross him or meet him in a dark alley."
In this section, the words sotto voce mean:

• crispy noises
• using a soft voice
• with humor
• loud laughter

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

      "From what mausoleum did he crawl out, Sam?"  murmured William Waggish surreptitiously so no one else could hear.          "Hey, William, look at the other weird teachers standing against the wall," whispered always observant Sam Sagacious as he surveyed the room.
In this selection, what does the word mausoleum mean?

• a giant mall
• a doctor's office
• a deep, dark hole
• a huge, grand tomb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

      "From what mausoleum did he crawl out, Sam?"  murmured William Waggish surreptitiously so no one else could hear.          "Hey, William, look at the other weird teachers standing against the wall," whispered always observant Sam Sagacious as he surveyed the room.
In this selection, what does the word surreptitiously mean?

• secretly; stealthy
• quickly; with effort
• underwater, or around the corner
• with anger or contempt

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

      "From what mausoleum did he crawl out, Sam?"  murmured William Waggish surreptitiously so no one else could hear.          "Hey, William, look at the other weird teachers standing against the wall," whispered always observant Sam Sagacious as he surveyed the room.
In this selection, what does the word surveyed mean?

• measured carefully
• asked questions to get information
• looked all around
• drew with crayons or markers

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

     As Sam uttered this last statement, Dean Dread suddenly appeared and loomed menacingly over the two boys.              "Loquacious ones, eh?  You two come here,"  the dean ordered.  His voice took the flatness of a cockroach crunching under a shoe.
In this section, the word uttered means:

• milked a cow
• said 
• completed
• wrote

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

     As Sam uttered this last statement, Dean Dread suddenly appeared and loomed menacingly over the two boys.              "Loquacious ones, eh?  You two come here,"  the dean ordered.  His voice took the flatness of a cockroach crunching under a shoe.
In this section, the word loquacious means:

• very quiet
• naughty 
• talkative
• alone

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

      Dean dread put one huge, ham-sized hand on the back of each boy and ushered them to the front of the “cafetorium.”  All the other new sixth-graders, of course, tittered at the sight of William and Sam being caught talking.
In this section, the word ushered means:

• led to a seat in the movie theater
• moved along; escort
• tossed gently
• pushed or shoved

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

      Dean dread put one huge, ham-sized hand on the back of each boy and ushered them to the front of the “cafetorium.”  All the other new sixth-graders, of course, tittered at the sight of William and Sam being caught talking.
In this section, the word tittered means:

• giggled nervously
• shook with fear
• stared in shock
• clacked their teeth

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

         "Quiet, students," said Dean Dread in a deadly tone of voice as he placed William Waggish and the mortified Sam Sagacious in the second row next to Jesse Jocose, another talker.  When Dean Dread said this, he nodded his head and teachers lined up in the aisles to quell the noise with proximity control.
In this selection, the word mortified means:

• frozen
• dead
• scared
• embarrassed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4