Out of the Dust - Vocabulary - Section 1

Skinny is to --- as thick is to husky.

• spindly

• mushy

• chunky

• bounty

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The wheat crops had not produced a --- since 1931.

• sorghum

• exodus

• bounty

• poppy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word does not belong with the others?

• ancient

• venerable

• elderly

• current

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Mrs. Aimee gave lots of examples so her students wouldn't --- her with a thousand questions.

• rile

• pester

• wager

• quench

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

to flow drop by drop

• quench

• trickle

• ratchet

• pester

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Tired of the hardships of farming, many families have made an(n) --- from the country to the city.

• pledge

• locomotive

• trickle

• exodus

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

an antonym for feud

• altercation

• harmony

• gamble

• irritate

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

riled is to irritated as pledge is to ---.

• promise

• deceit

• persevere

• polite

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

red, orange, or yellow wild flowers

• sorghum

• poppies

• narcissus

• exodus

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The cat --- in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the squirrel.

• pestered

• withered

• spindled

• crouched

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4