Vocabulary Games

Occupied

• not being in a state of use, activity, or employment

• receiving or enduring without offering resistance

• not being under the rule or control of another

• taken control of by someone or settlement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

She focused hard on the ______, her senses filling with him.

• clasp

• misunderstanding

• underestimate

• misconception

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Soot (v)

• the state of being clean

• to cover with soot

• moral purity; innocence.

• the characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A third case was needed and servants had gone to _____ it.

• throw

• disuade

• fetch

• neglect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Emaciated

• (especially of middle-aged or old men) fat and round

• physically strong and with big muscles

• having a pleasantly soft, rounded body or shape

• pale or weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Tears stung her eyes and _______ her thoughts.

• clouded

• untroubled

• clear

• explicit

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Apparently he saw the ________ there, because he slowly leaned down and kissed her lips.

• satisfaction

• longing

• revulsion

• unwillingness

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Chapati (n) :

• a flat disc of unleavened bread (in Indian cooking).

• pasta made in the form of long, thin strings.

• a large circle of flat bread baked with cheese, tomatoes, and sometimes meat and vegetables spread on top.

• a food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, mixed together and baked.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Monkeys are very active and ______.

• unconcerned

• apathetic

• inquisitive

• incurious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Casuarina

• a tree growing in warm regions and having a tall, straight trunk, no branches, and a mass of long, pointed leaves at the top.

• a South Asian fruit tree with branches that produce roots that grow down into the ground to form extra trunks.

• It is native to Australia and SE Asia and is a valuable source of timber and firewood. a tree with slender, jointed, drooping twigs.

• a type of plant with thick pointed leaves, or the thick liquid found in the leaves that is used to treat damaged skin.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4