Vocabulary: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Synonyms for this adjective include unspeakable and indescribable. Usage Example: The ___________beauty of large cats like lions and tigers will almost make people forget how lethal they are.

• evade

• ineffable

• sentinel

• deference

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CCSS.RI.8.4

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From the Latin out or away from. Usage Example: There is one part of my daughter’s explanation that ________ me – why is she unable to find a copy of the assignment she claimed she submitted?

• eludes

• vigorous

• uncannies

• ludicrous

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

To perform this act is to avoid or elude – particularly when speaking. Usage Example: Like a politician, Linda manages to ____________ questions surrounding her health.

• ineffable

• oscillate

• latter

• evade

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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CCSS.RI.7.4

Antonyms for this adjective include lackadaisical, sluggish and weak. Usage Example: Exercise, no matter how ____________ it may be, is not effective if one does not pair it with healthy eating habits.

• vigorous

• ineffable

• interval

• ludicrous

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

This adjective is used for people, places or things that are strange, mysterious or bewildering. Usage Example: We were all stunned by Leo’s ___________ resemblance to the Italian waiter - -they could have been twins!

• interval

• uncanny

• ludicrous

• dignitary

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Some synonyms that could be used for this group of people are icons, or luminaries. Usage example: You can often spot when a _________ is in town by the police entourage that escorts them through town.

• sentinel

• secessionist

• dignitaries

• civilians

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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This word is used to help people figure out which person, place or thing that someone is referring to. Usage example: The jury was torn on whether the evidence was enough to convict the criminal or if he should walk free. Eventually, they chose the __________.

• vortex

• ludicrous

• civilian

• latter

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This group of people are often celebrated by Southerners, although many Northerners see them as traitors. Usage example: The large crowd demanded that the statues of the __________ leaders be torn down because of the message that it gives off.

• dignitary

• secessionist

• civilian

• sentinel

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Antonyms for this word include contempt and disregard. Usage example: When speaking to our principal Ms. White, students should address her with _________ due to her title and role as an adult in our community.

• deference

• dignitary

• interval

• oscillation

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

People often refer to this noun as “the eye of the storm.” Usage Example: The storm chasers wanted to drive through the tornado, so that they could release megacomputers into the _________ so that they could collect data.

• interval

• vortex

• sentinel

• velocity

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4