Vocabulary / Context Clues

Immediately, all the people in the waiting room got up and started pacing, agitated, lighting cigarettes, running hands through their hair, or checking their wristwatches.

• kept in a small area

• follow, chase after

• bothered, upset

• an excessive amount

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The Olympians are so arrogant; they never

dreamed someone would dare steal from them.

• forever

• loss of hope

• thinking one is better than everyone else

• bothered or upset

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

I'd almost mastered my jumpy nerves when I saw the tiny little elevator car we were going to ride to the top of the Arch, and I knew I was in trouble. I hate confined places. They make me nuts.

• kept in a small area

• seeing something that is not there

• to shy away in fear

• hung above or over

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Grover cowered ... his hooves clopping back and forth. He was afraid of what would happen next.

• very unhappy

• break into little pieces

• doubting something, not believing

• to shy away in fear

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Before you descend into the Underworld, you must go to Santa Monica. Please, Percy, I cannot stay long. Descend means -

• slope upward

• to be nice

• move or fall downward

• to be a relative of

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Where his eyes should've been were empty sockets-like Ares's eyes, except Charon's were totally dark, full of night and death and despair. The OPPOSITE of despair is -

• sadness

• sorrow

• melancholy

• happiness

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

"Submit now," she hissed. "And you will not suffer eternal torment." Which is NOT a synonym for eternal?

• never ending

• continuous

• on going

• terminal

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.8.4A

What? The invisible servant suddenly sounded tense. You summoned him, my lord?

Which sentence DOES NOT uses the word summoned in the same context?

• I was summoned to the principal's office.

• She summoned medical assistance.

• I summoned 2 + 5.

• The coach summoned a meeting of all the players.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

She fell backward in terror and almost got overwhelmed by the spider robots before I pulled her up and dragged her back toward the boat.

True or False. Overwhelmed means an excessive amount.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

He looked at me mournfully, like he was already picking the kind of flowers I'd like best on my coffin.

True or False. Mournfully mean sadly.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F