Vocabulary 5 - Saying No

If your teacher asked you to expound on your answer, they are asking you to write more _____.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The new student was described by her teacher as reticent which means she is...

• to echo

• concise or to the point

• quiet or shy

• to urge or encourage

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Mrs. Roy's directions were _____, meaning they were brief and to the point.

• succinct

• retort

• reiterate

• terse

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The mother _____ her crying child with a lollipop.

• reiterated

• placated

• retracted

• exhorted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When you retract something you said or did that was wrong that means you withdraw it or ___.

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

To say again or repeat yourself means to

• reiterate

• exhort

• expound

• reverberate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

"Are you afraid?" the dad asked his son. "Afraid of what?" the son _____.

• placated

• expounded

• retorted

• reiterated

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

When a sound reverberates it means it _____.

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CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.K.3A

When the girl gets angry her responses are terse. Terse means:

• quiet or shy

• sharp or witty

• disrespectful

• concise and to the point

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I cannot force you to follow the rules, but I ___ you to do so that you don't get into trouble.

• exhort

• expound

• retract

• reiterate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E