The Veldt Vocabulary

What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? If children are neurotic at all, a room like that will show it.

• suffering from neurosis

• happy

• able to predict the future.

What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? My quick jaunt to Yosemite left me inspired.

• year long trip for work

• short journey for pleasure

• a new hat

• a plan for writing or drawing.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? Remarkable how the nursery caught the telepathic emanations of the children's minds and created life to fill their every desire.

• songs

• to take in

• emissions or radiation

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

George told his children that the nursery would be turned off, as well as the rest of the house. They began screaming and throwing a hysterical fit. What does hysterical mean in this sentence?

• happy

• sad

• wildly emotional

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the underlined word mean in the following sentence? Their approach sensitized a switch somewhere and the nursery light flicked on when they came within ten feet of it.

• causes it to respond.

• has emotions

• turn into a lion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

what does odorohonics mean?

• A system that adapts to visual representations

• A system that causes emotions in adaptable human beings.

• A system capable of reproducing selected scents capable of fooling the human nervous system.

I am bemused by the questions on this test. What does the word bemused mean?

• happy, funny

• confused, puzzled, fascinated

• dull, boring

• easy, understandable

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

a superreactionary electronic door would .....

• open very slowly

• open very quickly

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

"You smoke a little more every morning and drink a little more every afternoon and need a little more sedative every night." What does the word sedative mean in this quote?

• something to calm George down to help him sleep.

• something to make him forget about the veldt

• something to make him excited.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4