TSI READING Vocabulary #1

Although volunteer work may gratify the needs in a community, it also can satisfy a need in the volunteer to do something of value.

• discipline

• surround

• please

• control

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

When I finally get around to cleaning out my refrigerator, I always find vile remnants at the back of a shelf, such as moldy fruit, or a container of old smelly chicken wings.

• waste

• recent

• cold

• disgusting

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Every habitat in the world, from volcano tops to icebergs, can support some sort of life.

• nation

• environment

• practice

• Housing

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The person in the image is...

• Ecstatic 
• Disdainful
• Baffled
• Apathetic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

If you talk down to someone you ___________ to him. 

• baffle
• defy (defiant)
• dismay
• condescend 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A person who feels contemptuous feels...

• love

• depressed

• uncertain

• hatred

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

All of the following terms are synonyms for cynical EXCEPT...

• negative
• always see the bright side
• poor attitude 
• see the glass half empty

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Samantha was __________ when she learned the carnival was cancelled; she'd looked forward to it all week. 

• ambivalent 
• apathetic 
• dismayed 
• earnest

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The boy in the picture is...

• analytical 
• ecstatic 
• baffled
• defiant 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

Before leaving the house I locked the dog in its crate. I was _________ when I returned home, and the dog was in the front yard!

• ambivalent
• disdainful
• baffled
• dismissive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4