Flocab Level Blue Unit 11 Review

Definition: very skilled; expert.

It takes an ___________________ skier to take on a black diamond trail! They have steep slopes and dangerous turns.

Synonyms masterful, skillful

Antonyms incompetent

• adept

• clarify

• connoisseur

• disdain

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Definition: to make clear or understandable.

The lawyer asked the witness to _____________ his earlier statement by providing more details.

Synonyms explain, simplify, refine

Antonyms confuse, complicate

• adept

• clarify

• connoisseur

• disdain

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Definition: an expert in a specific field, such as art or food.

My best friend was a _____________ of French Imperial art; he collected it.

Synonyms epicure, expert, maven

Antonyms amateur, novice

• adept

• clarify

• connoisseur

• disdain

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Definition: to look down upon or hate.

Kate was so arrogant that she ________________ anyone who didn't have as much money as she did.

Synonyms condemn, scorn

Antonyms admire, cherish

• adept

• clarify

• connoisseur

• disdain

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Definition: a passage or selection from a book, film, song or the like.

The author read an ______________ from her best-selling children's novel to the eager crowd.

Synonyms citation, extract, quotation

• excerpt

• gullible

• indifferent

• irascible

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: easily tricked or deceived.

Nina was so _______________ that she believed that airplanes flap their wings like birds.

Synonyms credulous, naive, trusting

Antonyms astute, skeptical, suspicious

• excerpt

• gullible

• indifferent

• irascible

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: having no particular interest one way or the other.

Although his father was excited, Evan was ______________ to his picture being taken.

Synonyms unconcerned, uninterested

Antonyms caring, keen, enthusiastic

• excerpt

• gullible

• indifferent

• irascible

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Definition: very irritable or easily angered.

My grandfather used to be very even tempered, but he's gotten _________________ in his old age. Almost anything sets him off.

Synonyms cranky, testy

Antonyms even-tempered, mild

• excerpt

• gullible

• indifferent

• irascible

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Definition: a violent attack or a huge outpouring.

There was an ____________ of mosquitoes during the barbecue, so we had to move the party indoors.

Synonyms attack, charge, onset

• onslaught

• profound

• pseudonym

• pungent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: deep.

She had never felt such __________________ grief as after her dog died.

Antonyms shallow

• onslaught

• profound

• pseudonym

• pungent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D