Scholastic Literacy Unit 2 Vocabulary

When the population of the city began to ________, there was so much traffic and congestion.

• tinder

• summit

• boom

• devour

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

A sudden _______ in gas prices caused many people to be unhappy.

• venture

• spike

• whirl

• summit

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

It took two days of climbing to finally reach the _______ of the mountain.

• typhoon

• archeological

• tsunami

• summit

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

When they heard a dangerous ________ was going to strike their island, they decided to evacuate from their home and head inland.

• prey

• cognition

• predator

• typhoon

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

He felt sick after he got off the ride because it ________ at such high speeds.

• whirled

• ventured

• boomed

• ventured

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

It is hard to stop blinking because it is something your body does in an _________ way.

• allaying

• inquiry

• alacrity

• automatic

She felt _______ when her best friend moved to a different state.

• prey

• woe

• allaying

• alacrity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A python is now a dangerous _________ in the Florida Everglades, even though it isn't native to the area.

• predator

• prey

• countenance

• visage

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

I got angry when the man ________ pushed me out of his way.

• stout

• alacrity

• deliberately

• automatic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

My favorite meal with ________ is a chicken sandwich.

• shoaly

• shallow

• tinder

• poultry

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A