"To Build a Fire" Vocabulary

The road followed the _______________ of the landscape as we drove over hills.

• undulations

• conjectural

• imperative

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Again the theory is ____________ and is only very slightly stated in the article.

• imperative

• conjectural

• mincingly

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

As the clock ticked _____________ on the wall Mr Simons slowly and methodically cut up and ate his food.

• ebbed

• reiterated

• monotonously

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The teacher __________ the directions because none of the students were paying attention the first time.

• reiterated

• bough

• flotsam

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He walked with an awkward __________ like a penguin.

• gait

• conflagration

• yearned

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He ___________ the ball into the grandstand.

• whence

• smote

• outwitted

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Two prisoners _______________ their guards and got away.

• conjectural

• ebbed

• outwitted

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

It has been returned to the shop from ____________ it came.

• yearned

• whence

• recoiled

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Phil had ____________ to be a pilot from an early age.

• yearned

• imperative

• flotsam

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

It is __________ that politicians should be good communicators.

• recoiled

• extremities

• imperative

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4