Vocab Lesson 22

What does the word deserted mean in the sentence below?

Mr. Smith cared for the chicks after they were deserted by their mother.

• abandoned

• captured

• frightened

• prompted

What does the word nerve mean in the sentence below?

Amanda lost her nerve to sing in front of an audience.

• courage

• fear

• pain

• shame

What does the word astonish mean in the sentence below?

The shooting starts streaking across the night sky will astonish the visitors.

• construct

• distress

• enclose

• suprise

What does the word margins mean in the sentence below?

Pedro took notes in the margins of the story.

• questions about the print

• spaces between lines of print

• borders around a printed page

• blank pages before the print begins

What does the word reasoned mean in the sentence below?

Naomi reasoned that she could walk the dog and play basketball before it go dark outside.

• admitted

• cried

• thought

• panicked

What does the word envy mean in the sentence below?

Jessica envied her sister because she always had a lot of friends.

• wonder

• hate

• loved

• jealous

What does the word spared mean in the sentence below?

When Brittan captured the prisoner, he was spared because he knew one of the guards from his hometown.

• killed

• released

• tortured

• loved

What does the word upright mean in the sentence below?

Jason was astonished at how long his dog could stand upright on its hind legs.

• with its back straight

• crouching down

• sleeping

• crying

What does the word bared mean in the sentence below?

The dog bared its teeth at the mailman he didn't like.

• lost its teeth

• licked the mailman

• hugged the mailman

• showed all of its teeth

What does the word banish mean in the sentence below?

Abraham Lincoln banished slavery after the civil war.

• kept

• got rid of

• loved

• still wanted to have