Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 6

If you have a bake sale to help pay for your travel expenses, you are raising money to:

• cancel them

• increase them

• declare them

• defray them

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

To jeer at or mock is to:

• taunt

• praise

• question

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

A rescue dog that can search for disaster victims for hours without giving up is:

• impatient

• affectionate

• tenacious

• timid

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Which of the following would you NOT use to describe someone who is careless about his or her appearance?

• sloppy

• prim

• untidy

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Words or details that are NOT necessary might be called:

• precise

• vivid

• superfluous

• synonymous

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following is another word for supercede, or replace?

• supplant

• triumph

• discontinue

• magnify

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

In Quebec City, Canada, in Moscow, Russia, and in other places where the winters are not only extremely cold but also can seem incessant, festivals showcasing large-scale ice scultures help lift people's spirits.

Incessant is used to characterize winters as:

• long

• mild

• welcome

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

During these multi-day celebrations, individuals and teams use saws and other tools to first roughly hew and then finely carve blocks of ice into shapes ranging from wind-whipped flames to diving mermaids to football and hockey slayers poised for action.

Hew most nearly means:

• melt

• measure

• smash

• cut

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Typically, it takes many hours to carve these detailed and intricate figures.

Which of the following could be used to replace intricate?

• complicated

• abstract

• gigantic

• crude

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Fortunately, the fact that the scultpures will at best last only a month or two does not keep the artists from laboring diligently in freezing temperatures to complete their work.

The word diligently is used to show that the sculptors are:

• working hard

• working outdoors

• working voluntarily

• working for pay

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4