Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 1

The discordant noises came bellowing out of the Chorus classroom.  Discordant means:

• to develop gradually
• to float or hang suspended
• lacking in harmony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

A passage taken from a book, article

• adage
• citadel
• excerpt
• bonanza

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly

• revert
• jostle
• collaborate
• grope

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Authors hope that their notes, descriptions, and character sketches will ________________into a successful book.

• collaborate

• evolve

• invalidate

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The king issued a royal ________________ which banned the celebration of all holidays in his kingdom.

• vigil

• decree

• excerpt

• citadel

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The student was rude and lacking in manners.  A word to describe the student is:

• plaudits
• churlish
• servile
• grope

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Something very profitable, or rewarding

• plaudits
• citadel
• adage
• bonanza

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

After the walls of their city fell to the enemy, the inhabitants withdrew to the citadel and continued the struggle from there. Based on context, citadel most likely means... 

• proclamation, edict
• boos, disproval, ridicule
• fort, stronghold, bulwark, bastion
• wreckage, debris

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Our teacher gave the two of us permission to collaborate on our reports because we were investigating related problems. Based on context, collaborate most likely means... 

• work alone
• unfold ,emerge
• portion, section, extract
• team up, join forces

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the exact wording of the adage about early birds and worm-catching? Based on context, adage most likely means...

• maxim, saw, aphorism, well-known saying

• windfall

• fort, stronghold, bulwark, bastion

• cheers, acclaim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4