Staves One and Two Vocabulary Practice

Select the synonym (word that closely fits) the meaning of covetous

• greedy

• merciful

• rude

• benevolent

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is another word for people-hating?

• incessant

• misanthropic

• liberality

• caustic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

biting, sarcastic are synonyms for

• sordid

• capacious

• opaque

• caustic

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a feeling so intense it almost seems like you can touch it

• sordid

• opaque

• palpable

• latent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This word means never stopping.

• incessant
• sardonic
• lucid
• atone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

No matter how hard they tried, the thieves found the house to be __________________.

• benevolent

• recumbent

• incessant

• impenetrable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

generosity is a synonym for...

• sordid

• covetous

• liberality

• misanthropic

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

destitute

• living in complete poverty

• very heavy; bulky

• full of or accompanied by; laden

• loud enough to be heard

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

benevolence

• a disposition to do good; an act of kindness

• a driving, irresistible force

• scattered and driven away; made to vanish

• a person who hates or distrusts everyone

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong

• supplication

• penance

• benevolence

• veneration

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4