The Ravine Vocabulary in Context-Brown

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When Vinny and three others dropped down into the _______ they entered a jungle thick with tangled trees and rumors of what might have happened to the dead boy's body.

• gnarly

• rivulet

• ravine

• precipice

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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The cool breeze that swept the Hawaiian hillside pastures above died early in the ________ down.

• descent

• cascade

• decomposing

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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There were four of them-Vinny; his best friend, Joe-Boy; Mo, who was afraid of nothing; and Joe-Boy's ___________ girlfriend, Starlene-all fifteen.

• winced

• Kikuyu

• gnarly

• haole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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Vinny moved to the edge of the trail, where the ravine fell through a twisted jungle of _________ trees and underbrush to the stream far below.

• gnarly

• decomposing

• Kikuyu

• cascade

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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The cold mountain water tasted Tangy. Was it because the dead boy's body was down there _______________?

• wincing

• cascading

• decomposing

• descending

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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The zigzag trail was wet and muddy from the little __________ of water that bled from the side of the cliff.

• hanks

• precipice

• rivulets

• ravine

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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Vinny imagined how his body would ____________ past the waterfall so close it's mist would dampen the air he breathed.

• hank

• descent

• wince

• cascade

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Vinny stood at the top of the ledge swaying slightly, the tips of his toes on small movement from the ____________.

• hank

• haole

• precipice

• rivulet

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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Vinny ripped a coiled ________ of white ginger from the ginger patch and smelled it, and prayed he'd still be alive after the sun went down.

• precipice

• winced

• gnarly

• hank

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Vinny _________ suddenly. He didn't want to be here. It was too soon, way too soon. Two weeks and one day.

• winced

• cascaded

• decomposed

• descended

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4