Vocab-in-Context Mastery

(Example) When I finally get around to cleaning out my refrigerator, I always find something vile at the back of a shelf, such as moldy fruit or a container of old smelly beans.

• tempting

• recent

• false

• disgusting

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

(Example) The Easter egg hunt featured cryptic clues such as, "somewhere narrow" and "Look for the pink."

• rhyming

• puzzling

• clear

• overused

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

(Example) Verbose writing can be hard to follow. For instance, "At this point in time, we have an urgently felt need for more and greater financial resources" is less clear than "We now need money urgently."

• realistic

• informal

• wordy

• ungrammatical

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

(Synonym--in sentence)

"I'll try any ride in this amusement park except the Twister," said Nick. "I'll venture getting sick to my stomach, but I won't risk my life."

• amusement

• except

• risk

• stomach

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

(Synonym--in sentence)

In the past three hundred years, several people have gone on a quest for Noah's Ark. The search has taken some to northeastern Turkey, on Mount Ararat, thousands of feet above sea level.

• search

• several

• sea level

• gone

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

(Synonym--in sentence)

Samuel Langhorne Clemens wasn't the first author to use the pseudonym Mark Twain. A newspaper writer of the time used the same false name.

• author

• writer

• false name

• time

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

(Antonym) Computer manuals are often very hard to understand, so I was surprised to discover how lucid this one is.

• long

• expensive

• clear

• new

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

(Antonym) When my sister first got her job at the recording studio, she was excited to go to work each day. Now after ten years, she's blasé about her work and wants to change jobs.

• tardy

• bored

• thrilled

• curious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

(General Sense) A person can be very intelligent and yet be deficient in common sense.

• lacking

• well supplied

• overqualified

• lucky

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

(General Sense) The store detective faced the dilemma of either having an elderly, needy man arrested or ignoring store rules about shoplifters.

• memory

• difficult choice

• proof

• reason

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6