Vocabulary WW8-4

This word means friendly or pleasant

• sage

• recluse

• affable

• profound

This word means a long, angry speech

• reverberate

• irascible

• entreat

• tirade

The word sage can mean...

• wise; a wise person

• lonely

• scary

• angry

The word entreat means to...

• be quick tempered

• enable someone

• give a dog a treat

• ask earnestly; beg

The word haunt can mean....

• to appear in the form of a ghost

• to appear in the form of a triangle

• to appear in the form of a dream

• to appear in the form of an animal

The word profound means...

• brightly colored

• having deep meaning; deeply felt

• wanting to be alone

• never ending

The word irascible means

• kind; friendly

• not wanting to be with others

• quick tempered; easily angered

• echoing

The word abhor means...

• to detest; to hate intensely

• never ending

• a cut or a bruise

• a long winding road

Elijah's dream haunted him. This means that his dream

• was about a ghost.
• visited him every night.
• took place in a haunted house.
• stayed in his mind continually.

Which is most likely to express profound ideas?

• a television commercial
• a book by a great scholar
• a street sign
• instructions for making spaghetti

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2