A Christmas Carol

to work; to toil; to try

• inquire

• decrease

• endeavor

• dismiss

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which two vocabulary words are synonyms

• destitute & cantankerous

• melancholy & timid

• spectre & phenomenon

• bleak & deismall

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

If something is very, very important and worthy of being respected or considered holy, it can be called....

• surplus

• sacred

• melancholy

• idle

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Even though I didn't raise my hand, the teacher made me read __, and I was not happy!

• involuntarily

• melancholy

• bleakly

• dismally

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mrs. Garrett can get very __ when students don't follow the classroom rules.

• cantankerous

• destitute

• timid

• melancholy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word is an antonym for destitute?

• rich

• poor

• happy

• lost

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

There's a saying that "an (a)   mind is the devil's workshop". Meaning, too much thinking can lead to really bad choices and ideas!

[cantankerous, idle, timid, surplus]

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

This time of year, my husband always gives me questioning looks at the ___ of Amazon boxes on our doorstep every day!

• phenomenon

• surplus

• sacred

• destitute

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The _ student was afraid to ask the teacher about his grade.

[cantankerous, idle, melancholy, idle]

(a)  

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

If the day is bleak and dismal, it may lead you to feel quite _.

• cantankerous

• sacred

• deceased

• melancholy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4