Woods Runner vocabulary chapters 10-12

The hunger ______________, and she dropped her head back to the pillow, satisfied.

• abated

• ravenous

• atrocious

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

After several days without food the dog will become ravenous and will eat almost anything.

Which word most likely means the same as ravenous?

• extremely sleepy

• extremely wild

• extremely hungry

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Conditions in the prison were ______________. Prisoners were forced into crammed sleeping conditions without any running water.

• atrocious

• dominated

• confiscate

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Jail guards ______________knives and other weapons from the prisoners.

ravenous

obnoxious

confiscated

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Causing great ________________, the tsunami swept through the city and swallowed it whole.

traumatize

devastation

abated

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Because Bill has more wrestling experience, he will probably dominate his opponent.

Which word most likely means the same as the word dominate?

• really like

• help

• crush

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

He was so _________________by the attack that he could not work for a year.

• obnoxious

• traumatized

• inferior

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The game became very ______________. Spectators from each team started to fight each other!

barring

pealed

hostile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I felt very inferior among all those extreme athletes because they were so much better than me.

Which word or words best means the same as the word inferior?

• smart

• second-class (below)

• dominate

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

He's a staunch believer in the value of regular exercise.

Which two words are most like the word staunch in this sentence?

• strong

• disloyal

• firm

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4