Vocab Chapter 9 Into the Wild

Something ____-ed me to look under the couch for my phone, and it was, indeed, there.

• impulse

• emphemeral

• plaintive

• compel

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Some people ____ their cars with stickers, but some people like their car to look clean.

• brazen

• embellish

• desiccated

• nom de plume

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The morning fog was ____ and we were able to enjoy a sunny day at the beach.

• embellish

• compelled

• ephemeral

• plaintive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Morning doves make a/n ____ and sorrowful sound.

• nom de plume

• desiccated

• compelled

• plaintive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Victorian era British novelist Mary Ann Evans used the ____ George Elliot.

• ephemeral

• nom de plume

• impulse

• brazen

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In a/n ____ act of defiance, the student stormed out the door after the principal told him to sit down.

• brazen

• impulse

• desiccated

• ephemeral

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you're trying to avoid eating the cupcake, wait 20 minutes and the ____ to devour it will vanish.

• plaintive

• brazen

• nom de plume

• impulse

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The ____ looking plants looked fresh and lush after a rain storm.

• compelled

• desiccated

• ephemeral

• brazen

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4