Wordly Wise Book 8 Lesson 8

Banter is light, playful

• conversation

• eating

• wrestling

• singing

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To deploy troops is to

• recruit them into armed service

• train them for battle

• arrange them in battle positions

• arrange for them to leave the armed services

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

To grapple with a problem is

• to try and deal with it

• to discover it

• to solve it

• to avoid thinking about it

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A pang is a sudden

• inspiration

• sharp feeling of pain or distress

• change of plans that occurs at the last moment

• hallstorm

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The manager deployed three of his best waiters to serve the large party. The manager

• put his three best waiters to work serving the party.

• introduced his three best waiters to the party

• trained three new waiters for the job.

• hired three new waiters the night of the event

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these is azure?

• a glorious sunset

• a cloudless sky

• a mountain meadow

• a forest of pine trees

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Synonym: adept

• imaginatitive

• eater

• accustomed

• skilled

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

synonym: crucial

• fatal

• vital

• terrible

• plausible (it could happen)

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

synonym: Fastidious

• hungry

• swift

• lucrative

• detail-oriented

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

synonym:grappled

• wrestled

• spotted

• mauled

• devoured

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4