Vocabulary 11/2018

Sally ______________ so much over whether she and Mandy should see a horror movie or comedy that they missed the show times for both.

• peripheral

• substantiated

• meandered

• vacillated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To swing indecisively from one opinion or action to another

• Vacillate

• Precarious

• Qualm

• Indeterminate

accredited a great deal of respect based on age, wisdom, or character

• venerable

• encroaching

• quell

• miscreant

Confusion

• bewilderment
• imploring
• pansy
• groggy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the correctly spelled word.

• ammusing

• amuseing

• amussing

• amusing

overcome (a difficulty or obstacle)

• Proceed

• Impede

• Resume

• Surmount

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

(v) To tear jaggedly. To make deep cuts in.

• kindred

• lacerate

• jargon

• lax

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

show contempt by a look or words

• scowl
• sneer
• vermin
• trifle

Pompous describes

• pear-like spikes

• someone who is very kind

• someone who thinks they are better than they are

• a person who employs another person

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A sneer is

• a look of disgust

• someone who is sneaky

• a maid

• another name for a red bow

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4