Wordly Wise 8.2 Review

The frozen body was first discovered by a German couple. They _________ it was a hiker who had died recently.

• surmised

• grimaced

• inventoried

• derived

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

In fact it was a perfectly preserved body from the Late Stone Age. Scientists who studied that period were ________ by the news.

• succumbed

• electrified

• endeavored

• dehydrated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The body was found at ten thousand feet above sea level. The dry cold air at that height _________ the body and this helped preserve it.

• electrified

• inventoried

• dehydrated

• simulated

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The head and shoulders were exposed above the surface. The face was twisted to one side, giving it a ______ appearance.

• cusory

• corroborate

• simulated

• gruesome

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The face was clearly visible and seemed well preserved. The upper lip was twisted to side in a frozen __________.

• grimace

• inventory

• surmise

• abrasion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The ice that encased the body had to be chipped away. The work had to be done in a _________ manner so as not to harm the body.

• cursory

• gingerly

• simulated

• abrasive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The man seems to have been crossing the Alps in winter when he died. Crossing the Alps at that time of the year can be a dangerous ________________.

• clad

• endeavor

• abrasion

• succumb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The age of the body was tested in different ways. If later tests _________ earlier ones, those results are more likely to be accepted.

• derive

• electrify

• corroborate

• succumb

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The man's teeth were carefully studied. The amount of ________ helped to give his age as between thirty and forty.

• grimace

• surmise

• clad

• abrasion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Late Stone Age people knew how to use needles. We know this because the body was _________ in neatly sewn deerskin garments.

• clad

• dehydrated

• inventoried

• simulated

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E