The Best School Year Ever Vocabulary

commotion

• common place; ordinary

• a state of confused and noisy disturbance

• uncontrollable laughter

• loud wail or cry

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

industrious

• tireless hard worker

• the place where someone works

• a state of confusion

• the usual or average thing

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

civilized

• not very attractive

• polite and well-mannered

• rude

• funny

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

ovation

• an action that is performed

• over emotional

• a show of praise for someone, usually from an audience

• when an audience boos the performer

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

aptitude

• your appetite for food

• the scientific study of the mind

• trembling or quivering

• a natural ability to do something

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

doomed

• likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated

• successful

• saying something in a low tone that can barely be heard

• good luck

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

contagious

• the scientific study of the mind

• moving the eyes so they are barely open

• a container

• a disease that can spread from one person to another

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

hospitatlity

• treating guests with kindness

• a hospital

• being mean and rude

• leaving a place that you have previously lived in

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

optimism

• a feeling that everything is going wrong

• showing excitement for an event

• hopeful and confident about a situation

• a panicked rush of cattle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

resourceful

• having devotion to one's country

• having the ability to find quick and clever ways to take care of something

• showing excitement for an event

• a tireless hard worker

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4