ELA-B Short Story Vocab (7th Grade, WOTW, and Charles)

Renounce

• A declaration of guilt OR a firmly held belief

• Embarrassed due to shame or lack of confidence

• To give up or abandon a right or possession.

• A brief or faint smell

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Epoxy

• A substance that allows things to stick to one another

• Tremble or shake with a light rapid motion

• The state of being fierce or savage

• Having a stout, overweight body

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Incredulously

• To stay in a place longer than necessary

• To get the attention of or summon someone by making a gesture with the hand, arm, or head

• A state of being partly awake or aware and unable to respond

• Unwilling or unable to believe something

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Haggard

• Causing a harsh, loud noise

• Looking exhausted and unwell as from fatigue, worry, or suffering

• Showing a rude, arrogant lack of respect

• Setting someone free from imprisonment or slavery

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Insolently

•             An angry or bad-tempered expression

• Showing a rude, arrogant lack of respect

• An attempt to mislead or deceive someone OR a steep cliff or bank

• Speaking in a slow way with emphasis on the vowels

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

It is impolite to ________into the personal lived of your classmates.

• linger

• scheme

• pry

• beckon

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The evil queen is so _____. All she does is stare at herself in the mirror all day.

• vain

• raucous

• lapse

• scowl

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Mr. Loving called the fire department and evacuated the building after he got a _____ of something burning.

• trudge

• linger

• whiff

• quiver

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Mrs. Wingerter was not happy that she and her students would have to _____ up the hill in the pouring rain.

• trudge

• linger

• portly

• drawl

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Don't _____ in the doorway after the bell has rung," pleaded Ms. Frabizio.

• bluff

• trudge

• conviction

• linger

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4