Vocabulary quiz

​The fluorescent lights at the store hurt my eyes.

• ​strikingly bright, vivid, or glowing:

• ​a lighting fixture that utilizes a fluorescent lamp.

• having or showing fluorescence.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

​The clerk at the store glared at me when I asked for more sprinkles for my ice cream.

• ​a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:

• dazzling or showy appearance; showiness.

• ​a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.

• ​to shine with or reflect a very harsh, bright, dazzling light.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

​Wow, that dress is beautiful and is very flattering on you.

• ​to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.

• ​to praise or compliment insincerely, effusively, or excessively:

• ​to play upon the vanity or susceptibilities of; cajole, wheedle, or beguile:

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

​My mom will exasperate me if she continues to insist I dress up.

• ​to increase the intensity or violence of (disease, pain, feelings, etc.).

• ​to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely:

• roughened with irregular prickles or elevations

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

​The rack of clothes at the store was full of ugly sweaters.

• ​to strain in mental effort:

• ​to torture; distress acutely; torment:

• ​a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles of clothing are arranged or deposited:

• ​a fixture containing several tiered shelves, often affixed to a wall:

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CCSS.L.5.5C

​I hate it when people judge me because I love to read.

• a person appointed to decide in any competition, contest, or matter at issue

• ​a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.

• ​to hear evidence or legal arguments in (a case) in order to pass judgment

• ​to form an opinion or estimate:

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CCSS.L.5.5C

That shirt is dreadful!

• extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly:

• ​causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible:

• ​inspiring awe or reverence.

• a periodical given to highly sensational matter.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Choose a word (fluorescent, judge, dreadful, rack, flattering, glared, exasperate) and write a complete sentence using that word. You may use www.dictionary.com to help you find the meaning of the word.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E