Review: PSAT Vocabulary Words 1-5

Select the best definition for the word LUCID

• easily understood or clearly expressed

• elusive or sneaky

• bright, lit up

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the best definition for the word CANTANKEROUS

• can-shaped

• grumpy, bad-tempered

• having thick ankles

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Select the best definition for the word ROBUST

• a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject

• strong & healthy, tough

• in a robotic way

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Select the best definition for the word OGLE

• to say something in a joking manner

• a half-pair of goggles

• to stare in an obvious way

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the best definition for the word STAUNCH

• loyal or faithful

• something that is short and stout

• strong or tough

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the sentence(s) using your vocabulary word correctly.

• There was an obvious staunch in the air.

• She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother, and a staunch friend.

• He had a staunch that there was something afoot, but he had no way to prove it.

• I have been a staunch supporter of my football team for over 15 years.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Select the sentence(s) using your vocabulary word correctly.

• Shrek, the green ogle, lives in a swamp.

• He saw the girl ogling at him and quickly turned the other way, uncomfortable with her gaze.

• She ogled at the elaborate firework display.

• Music ogle Jay Z continues to influence the world of rap, though he no longer releases his own albums.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the sentence(s) using your vocabulary word correctly.

• The sky lit up during one of the the town's more robust Fourth of July celebrations. It seemed to go on all night.

• His resume was robust, and full of many impressive work experiences and skills.

• The robust was almost knocked off of its stand when the child bumped into it.

• His health was far from robust, and throughout his life he suffered from illnesses

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the sentence(s) using your vocabulary word correctly.

• We have to refill the cantankerous before hitting the road.

• She sighed and rolled her eyes before turning to address her cantankerous neighbor, who always had some complaint about her children.

• The cantankerous cat swatted and hissed at anyone who tried to pet him.

• The cantankerous young man was always smiling.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the sentence(s) using your vocabulary word correctly.

• Lucid explanations have been most helpful to my understanding.

• The lucid snake slithered unseen through the forest.

• It was a lucid and difficult to understand question.

• I have never been so lucid, I couldn't make sense of anything around me!

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4