Vocabulary from "A Worn Path"

_______ is an alkali that is combined with a triglyceride to make soap.

• Marble cake

• Cur

• Lye

• Halitosis

Staph bacteria often are _________ microbes that are hard to get rid of, with the result being nasty infections that can become increasingly resistant to common antibiotics.

• sanitized

• obstinate

• furrowed

• meditative

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The cat was ________ by the barking of the neighbor's dog and ran to hide under the bed.

• skittered

• corroded

• pacified

• roused

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

My neighbor constantly brags that he has a purebred English bulldog, emphasizing that my dog, by contrast, is just a Heinz-57 ______ with no pedigree of any kind.

• cur

• muse

• lye

• phoenix

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The first responders used the jaws of life to rescue the woman from the wreckage of her car, but they suspected she had a brain injury because of her _______ tongue and slurred speech.

• bumpy

• lolling

• grazing

• obstinate

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Unfortunately, some individuals do not see the natural beauty of a __________ and instead view it as nature's garbage can, throwing refuse and debris into it.

• trace

• sink hole

• ravine

• cesspool

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A good friend of mine says that when she gets too stressed out, she listens to relaxing music to cultivate a __________ state of mind and soothe her frayed nerves.

• meditative

• rousing

• furrowed

• fretful

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The newly renovated small town rose like a _________ from its ashes, impressive in its beauty and economic growth.

• meditation

• phoenix

• cur

• lye

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

When my brother concentrates on studying for his college exams, there are __________ on his brow, evidence of his intense focus. However, this word has more than one meaning, for when my uncle plows the back acre for his spring garden, he likes for the loamy _______ to be evenly spaced.

• ravines

• canyons

• divots

• furrows

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The homeless man was embarrassed to accept the _______ of the lady who offered him water and a sandwich, yet he was most grateful and thanked her.

• lye

• cur

• charity

• piety

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4