Vocabulary - "Balboa" and "Desperate Trek"

Who is most likely to undertake an expedition?

• football players

• mountain climbers

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is someone who is unimpeded not likely to face?

• barriers

• success

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which event is a person most likely to perceive as interminable?

• boring lecture

• exciting movie

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of these individuals is in dire straits?

• first responder

• hurricane victim

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Who might look to a posse for help?

• chief of police

• criminal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which branch of the armed forces would dispatch a flotilla?

• army

• navy

Who relied on conquistadors?

• kind of Spain

• president of United States

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

We packed _______, such as food and water

• provisions

• distinctions

• cedes

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The tablecloth was _______ before dinner, but it was covered with stains afterward.

• protruding

• discordant

• pristine

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The wad of gum ________ from his cheek made him look as if he had the mumps.

• ceding

• supplanting

• protruding

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E