Mysterious Benedict Society Vocab Ch. 4-6

"You mustn't belittle yourself," Rhonda said. I daresay very few people could have done what you did the second time through, retracing your steps. The word belittle means...

• brag about yourself

• laugh at yourself

• talk badly about yourself

• praise yourself

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Sticky often got mixed up when he was excited, and in this frenzy of mysterious and revelations, he could hardly think straight. A antonym of frenzy is....

• chaotic

• cautious

• crazy

• calm

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

Constance was more skeptical. It was becoming clear that this was her natural approach to things.

Honest : liar :: skeptical

• cautious

• trusting

• annoying

• curious

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Mr. Benedict said that the number of pencils you brought to the test was inconsequential. What does inconsequential mean?

• important

• illegal

• not important

• strange

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

"I've been expecting you. I imagine you wish to call Miss Perumal and apprise her of your situation. What is a synonym for apprise?

• ignore

• answer

• inform

• apologize

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

“This is another thing I need to explain to you,” said Mr. Benedict. “I have a condition known as narcolepsy. Are you familiar with it?” The term refers to a ...

• walking disorder

• sleep disorder

• muscle disorder

• speech disorder

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

On four chairs arranged before an oak desk rested still more books—which Rhonda and the pencil woman removed so the children could sit—and on the desk itself, piled in precarious, leaning towers, were even more. An antonym for this word is...

• secure

• unstable

• heavy

• tall

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Mr. Benedict's expression is described as more and more solemn as he told the children about the upcoming dangerous mission. A synonym for solemn is...

• humorous

• anxious

• excited

• serious

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

Mr. Benedict said that each child had used ingenuity in one form or another to pass the tests. Compare ingenuity in this analogy...

ingenuity : __________ :: large : huge

• intelligence

• creativity

• mindset

• opportunity

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Reynie felt a keen desire to see Miss Perumal again.

The best synonym for keen is...

• faint

• large

• slight

• intense

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4