Vocabulary Round 6, Pretest (10/17-10/26)

What does the word in RED mean? For a long time, in order to create a realistic virtual reality environment, you had to render as detailed a world as possible. (Warcross)

• give (money or goods) for a good cause, for example to a charity.
• show in, or as in, a picture
• give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).
• be of the same opinion; agree.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word in RED mean?

They’re slightly bigger than average, and both muscular and strong, especially in comparison to me. I Am the Messenger

• a statement that represents something in words

• recognize as being

• the act of examining resemblances

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

What does the word in RED mean?

To be a Swann loyalist, as Lawrence was, meant being prepared to pack one’s academic bags on short notice.

Big Science

• go away, scatter, or disappear

• the act of making and recording a measurement

• a person who is faithful to a country, party, or cause

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

What does the word in red mean?

ERC, they call it, and their main goal is to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified and added to the Constitution. (You Bring the Distant Near)

• to provide or send with credentials; designate officially:
• to sign one's name on (a commercial document or other instrument).
• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
• the act or fact of intending, as to do something:

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

What does the word in red mean....

She made the decorated pins herself, melting and molding malleable plastic into interesting shapes, seated at a picnic table in her backyard a few weekends ago. (Saints and Misfits)

• willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
• Made with plastic
• capable of being shaped or bent
• not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

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

What does the word in RED mean in this sentence? She crouched on the floor for some time until the headache abated. (The Girl Who Drank the Moon)

• become more in amount or intensity

• become less in amount or intensity

• a large formal assembly

• recognize as being

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

What does the word in RED mean in this sentence? Interviewed later, one of the men conceded that the painting was nice, saying, "Sure, I liked it okay." (Me Talk Pretty One Day)

• a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue

• a statement made about the future

• go away, scatter, or disappear

• admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does the word in red mean?

Dari seemed so nervous and Twig was so confident that I couldn’t help but laugh at how opposite they were. (The Science of Breakable Things)

• to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of:
• altogether different in nature or quality or significance
• to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.
• to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade:

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

What does the word in RED mean? Singer took back the note and wrote a few additional sentences. (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter)

• the divisor of a fraction
• the process or skill of calculating the total of two or more numbers or amounts.
• further or extra
• a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.

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

What does the word in red mean....

This is a common claim but it's not supported by evidence. BBC (Jul 24, 2022)

• the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
• a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
• an assertion that something is true or factual

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D