Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 1, Words 6-10

The discordant noises came bellowing out of the chorus classroom. Discordant means:

• to develop gradually

• to float or hang suspended

• lacking in harmony

A passage taken from a book, article

To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly

When the power failed, we had to _______________in the dark to find a working flashlight.

• oblique

• grope

• servile

• preclude

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

My essay includes a long _______________from a speech by Sojourner Truth.

• decree

• legendary

• excerpt

• tether

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CCSS.RL.8.1

Authors hope that their notes, descriptions, and character sketches will ________________into a successful book.

• collaborate

• evolve

• invalidate

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

During his eleven years of "personal rule," King Charles I of England bypassed Parliament and governed the country by royal decree. Based on context, decree most likely means...

• proclamation, edict, proclaim

• boos, disproval, ridicule

• progress, advance

• wreckage, debris

As we discussed our coming vacation, we gradually evolved a plan for a bicycle trip through New England. Based on context, evolved most likely means...

• withered, shriveled up, atrophied

• developed, expanded

• portioned, sectioned, extracted

• lingered, wavered

Suddenly the discordant voices of the two quarreling people burst upon my ears and jarred me out of my daydream. Based on context, discordant most likely means... 

• courteous, civil, well-mannered
• harmonious, in agreement
• slavish, groveling, fawning
• grating, shrill, different, divergent

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Let me read aloud a few excerpts from the newspaper review of the new movie. Based on context, excerpts most likely means... 

• portions, sections, extracts
• boos, disproval, ridicule
• wreckage, debris
• proclamations, edicts

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4