Glass Castle Vocab Final

listing problems; complaining; giving a statement of why you are unhappy

• grievances

• reluctance

• hooch

• defy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Adjective: feeling or showing doubt about doing something : not willing or eager to do something

• foyer

• cantankerous

• reluctance

• corruption

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Adjective-often angry and annoyed; ill-tempered

• reluctance

• cantankerous

• foyer

• hooch

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

There is a slight difference in the meanings of "beautiful" and "pretty", they have different ________________.

• nuances
• synonyms
• antonyms
• syllables

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of "cajoled"?

• cried
• pouted
• gently begged
• demanded

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you are nonchalant when doing your homework, it means that you _________________

• don't really care if you get it done or not

• care a lot about the grade you get on it

• work hard on it

• hand it in early

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means "the act of making offensive comments about something considered sacred"?

• feasibility

• blasphemy

• nuance

• pilfer

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you were to confer with someone, you would be ___________.

• asking them what their opinion was on a particular topic

• arguing with them

• telling them what to do

• having a picnic at the park

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The hiker had to be careful walking on the narrow path with lots of loose rocks and a cliff on one side. He was in a ______________ situation.

• precarious

• disdainful

• devise

• pigeonholed

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Feeble means:

• Old

• Not Strong

• Ugly

• Sad

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4