Building an Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 13

The disparity in talent between the two teams made for a one-sided championship series between the Red Sox and the Dodgers.

• summary

• discussion

• similarity

• difference

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

In a rare show of honesty, the corrupt politician divulged his wrongdoings to the public and gave up his seat in Congress.

• exaggerated

• revealed

• concealed

• belittled

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

The diligent student always said there is no substitute for hard work.

• slothful

• hardworking

• calamitous

• beneficial

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

“You may pet that dog,” the man said to the child. “He is docile and won’t bite.”

• obedient

• unmanageable

• latent

• active

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

The dilapidated building was unsafe, and therefore no one could live there.

• unspoiled

• prompt

• deteriorated

• procrastinating

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

To the lonesome traveler, the winter landscape seemed to be in a dire state; he could not wait for spring to come and bring it back to life.

• indefatigable

• slothful

• beneficial

• bleak

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The teacher showed his duplicity when he said that the test would be on Friday, but then gave it the day before.

• dissimilarity

• equality

• integrity

• deceit

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

“I tried to run a positive campaign,” the politician said. “I wanted to talk about the good things that I would do, rather than disparage my opponent.”

• belittle

• exaggerate

• reveal

• disclose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The mother was distraught when she realized she forgot her young child at the store.

• frantic

• composed

• passive

• powerful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A connoisseur of art can discriminate the smallest details in paintings.

• belittle

• magnify

• differentiate

• increase

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A