Looking Glass Wars - Vocabulary 1 Quiz

Askew

• difficult to handle because of weight or bulk

• giving a misleading or false account

• to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry

• fixed firmly into a surrounding mass

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Atrocities

• comforting words given as a result of sadness or loss

• the quality or state of being atrocious (wicked, cruel, or brutal)

• an achievement requiring great skill, courage, or strength

• a tool for digging

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Conjured

• to cause to change course from one direction to another

• to make a hole or channel by digging

• cooking a special meal

• to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell, by or as by magic

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Consolation

• the act of consoling; to lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of

• moving about from side to side

• an achievement requiring great strength, courage, or skill

• a horrible act

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Cumbersomely

• created by magic; coming out of a hat

• a deep hole cut into a mountainside

• unwieldy; clumsy; burdensome; troublesome

• misleading or faulty account

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Distorting

• to twist awry or out of shape; to give false meaning to; misrepresent

• the mapping of one set into another

• to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell, by or as by magic

• to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Diverting

• serving to divert (to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect)

• to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell, by or as by magic

• unwieldy; clumsy; burdensome; troublesome

• the quality or state of being atrocious (wicked, cruel, or brutal)

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Embedding

• the mapping of one set into another

• a noteworthy or extraordinary act of achievement, displaying boldness or skill

• the act of consoling; to lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of

• the quality or state of being atrocious (wicked, cruel, or brutal)

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Excavate

• to affect or influence by or as if by invocation or spell, by or as by magic

• to twist awry or out of shape; to give false meaning to; misrepresent

• to dig or scoop out; to make hollow by removing the inner part

• unwieldy; clumsy; burdensome; troublesome

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Feat

• the quality or state of being atrocious (wicked, cruel, or brutal)

• the mapping of one set into another

• a noteworthy or extraordinary act of achievement, displaying boldness or skill

• serving to divert (to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect)

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4