Grade 8 Week 24 Vocabulary Quiz

Gaunt

• Very thin. Especially from disease hunger or cold

• Deserving symnpathy or sorrow

• To stomp heavily or roughly

• Clothing. Or to provide clotrhing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Wizened

• The most powerful members of a society

• Lean and wrinkled

• Having or showing arrogant superiority

• To make light, rapid, repeated sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Din

• A small cave where animals dwell

• To wear or put on

• A loud or harsh noise

• The sound of a small bell

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Piteous

• Lean and wrinkled from shrinkage.

• Stomp heavily or roughly

• Having or showing arrogant superiority

• Deserving sympathy or sorrow

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Ricksha

• A two-wheeled cart for one passenger

• Clothing

• The most powerful members of a society

• A loud or harsh noise

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Patter

• A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger

• To make light, rapid, repeated sounds

• To work together

• Mixing ingredients together to make dough

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Haughty

• The most powerful members of a society

• Very thin - especially from disease or hunger

• Having or showing arrogant superiority

• Deserving sympathy or sorrow

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Tread

• A hole in the ground used for dumping waste

• Very thin string used for sewing

• To stomp heavily or roughly

• A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Gentry

• A bird resembling a pelican or stork

• A small house or cottage

• Demonstrating politness and civility

• The most pwerful members of a society

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Garb

• Clothing. To provide with clothing. To put clothing on.

• To engage in meaningless conversation

• Small bits of food

• A knife worn in a person's waistband and used for self-defense

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C