"The Hitchhiker" Vocabulary Test

something done solely for fun and adventure

• dicreet

• lark

• haughtily

• veranda

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

the place where two highways or two sets of railroad tracks cross or join

• junction
• joint
• join
• disjointed

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A _______________ message left on our voicemail made us suspect the caller had the wrong number. 

• cascade
• arrears
• onset
• sinister

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

monotony

• sameness, dreary regularity
• one who can see the future
• ease or minimize damage
• to destroy completely

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

burning with little smoke and no flame defines

• tendrils

• smouldering

• withering

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

I was _________________ when I saw the alien ship.

• Flabbergasted

• Figurative

• Faction

• Fabricate

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

When you hear a noise from another room and decide to investigate, this is an example of __________.

• suspense

• shock

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does Foreshadowing mean

• I have money want to go and buy something

• Be a warning or indication of a future event

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Irony usually involves something that is 

• false
• silly
• unexpected
• unimportant

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

promise or pledge

• radiate

• stricken

• assurance

• gait

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4