Vocab for The Psychology of Video Game Design

Waking up in the middle of the night can ________ someone.

• wholly

• immerse

• disorient

• absorb

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"We woke in the morning bewildered and disoriented, glancing at one another, darting our gaze from wall to wall." Disoriented means . . .

• incapable

• confused

• unaccountable

• worthless

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"While traveling in Spain, Becca tried to __________ local customs."

• absorb

• irrelevant

• wholly

• immerse

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

"The wood seemed especially dark and rich, as if it had been absorbing coffee for the last fifty years." Absorb means . . .

• diffuse

• depress

• take out

• take in

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"The committee ignored Raul’s objections to the new regulations, calling them _______ to the discussion."

• immerse

• irrelevant

• wholly

• absorb

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Jonathan would _______ himself in his notes to study for tests."

• immerse

• wholly

• disorient

• irrelevant

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

"I rest his head on my lap and we let him soak about ten minutes with everything immersed from the neck down." Immerse means . . .

• plunge

• pry

• languish

• recompense

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"She dedicated her time _______ to learning to play guitar."

• absorb

• immerse

• basically

• wholly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

"Hill seemed peculiarly calm, vacant, as if he was not wholly present." Wholly means . . .

• angrily

• mentally

• entirely

• basically

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Making predictions about a text is an educated _ _ _ _ _ about what the author will discuss next.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10