Tangible: The lawyer had tangible evidence, such as a hammer, a car, and keys, to show that the person stole the vehicle.

• imaginary

• pretend

• false

• real or visible

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Catastrophic: Catastrophic events include the September 11th terrorist attacks, Hurrican Katrina, and earthquakes.

• fun

• disastrous

• wonderful

• sad

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Meticulous: John was meticulous in his work as an artist. He took great pains to be detailed, precise, and thorough with all of his paintings.

• casual

• sloppy

• careful

• messy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Cavalry: The cavalry, such as confederate soldiers, rode into towns to fight the opposing army.

• soldiers

• meadow

• horse soldiers

• frontier

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Thwart: The army attempted to thwart the enemy with a new plan of attack. Before the enemy realized what was happening, their forces became confused and frustrated. The army won the battle and stopped the enemy's advance.

• allow

• permit

• hinder

• sanction

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

Eccentric: Being eccentric, such as having pink or blue hair, is sure to get you attention, but it might not be the kind you want.

• not ordinary

• rural

• rebellious

• calm

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Cuflinary: Julie has many culinary talents - cooking an incredible meatloaf and making an amazing crab puff.

• of medicine

• of math

• of cooking

• of science

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Pentathlon: Zack was good at many sports. He excelled in swimming, running, horsemanship, fencing and target shooting. He decided to compete in the pentathlon rather than having to choose only one of the events.

• ompetition with eight events

• competition with two events

• competition with five events

• competition with ten events

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Disarray: The windstorm left our backyard in complete disarray. The cluttered, unruly mess took us weeks to clear away.

• clean

• disorder

• usefulness

• neatness

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Equestrian: Equestrian items would include saddles, horseshoes and reins.

• having to do with the equator

• having to do with hair

• having to do with horses

• having to do with royalty

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A