The Sniper Vocabulary Quiz

Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

• ascetic

• tattered

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Lay siege to.

• fast

• beleaguer

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Moving or capable of moving at high speed.

• fast

• fanatic

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.

• remorse

• fanatic

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

(especially of a towel or garment) made of or lined with a soft, warm fabric

• fleecy

• fractured

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

(of a bone or hard object) broken; cracked.

• fractured

• reel

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

A small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee.

• paroxysm

• lodge

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity.

• paroxysm

• reel

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A cylinder on which film, wire, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound.

• reel

• ruse

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

An action intended to deceive someone; a trick.

• ruse

• remorse

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4