Vocabulary Workshop Level D - Unit 7

An area that is flooded can described as being:

• intrepid

• unsinkable

• incessant

• inundated

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Another way of saying "Farewell!" is to say:

• hello

• pardon

• welcome

• adieu

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which of the following is the opposite of unimportant?

• trivial

• momentous

• intricate

• slight

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Los Angeles and other large cities could be called what?

• hamlets, or small villages

• suburbs

• governments

• metropolises

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

If you climb to the highest point of something, you reach the:

• apex

• valley

• nadir, or lowest point

• elevation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

An amount that is excessive can be called:

• external

• comparative

• pompous

• exorbitant

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

During the interim between fall and spring semesters, my sister Martha took a painting class at her college.

Which of the following items could be used to replace interim?

• distance

• time

• difference

• trip

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

When I visited her, I was surprised to see a roomful of students painting bogus masterpieces.

Bogus is used to show that the paintings appear:

• genuine

• amateurish

• counterfeit, or fake

• brilliant

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Why were they carefully copying the works of Gaugin, van Gogh, and other great artists? After the class, Martha explained to me that shes and the other art students were not producing shoddy imitations that they were hoping to pass off as originals.

Which of the following words could be used to replace shoddy?

• tacky, or badly made

• illegal

• authentic

• perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

After the class, Martha explained to me that shes and the other art students were not producing shoddy imitations that they were hoping to pass off as originals. Instead, they were trying to assimilate the artists' techniques by painting in the same way. Later as the students learned more about how to achieve different effects using color, brushstrokes, and other elements, they would be better equipped to develop their own styles.

Another word for assimilate might be:

• reject

• label

• absorb

• describe

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A