Night Ch. 4-6 Vocabulary Review

1.       Jayden is so ___________ , he decided to spend his vacation rebuilding homes damaged by the hurricane.

• stricken

• famished

• altruistic

• disheveled

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

After a month of high temperatures and no rain, the cracked soil was _____________.

• emaciated

• stricken

• parched

• famished

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

Sarah was such a ____________ employee, she wouldn’t leave work until the time clock turned exactly 5:00 p.m.

• conscientious

• veritable

• emaciated

• excruciating

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

Deirdre, blindfolded and handcuffed, felt the mob __________ her down a small hallway that emptied out into an alley behind the row of buildings.

• cowardice

• stricken

• wallow

• jostle

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

As the weeks and months of effort to refurbish the old house dragged on, initial excitement and enthusiasm turned to ____________ as we began to feel we had bought a money pit.

• apathy

• defiance

• pittance

• wallow

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

I’ve had nothing but coffee for the past 24 hours, and now I’m  ______________.

• conscientious

• altruistic

• stricken

• famished

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

In ____________ of the school uniform policy, Samuel not only wore a hoodie, but he also wore ripped jeans and bedroom slippers to school every day.

• pittance

• veritable

• defiance

• cowardice

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

After she fell and broke her hip, she tried to stand up but the pain was ____________________.

• veritable

• emaciated

• conscientious

• excruciating

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

When the firefighter wouldn’t risk his own life to rescue the children from the burning house, the whole town condemned his ______________.

• cowardice

• pittance

• apathy

• wallow

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

Even though most businesses in the area were paying their workers well above $15 an hour, the stingy store owner refused to pay anyone above $7.25 an hour, the legal national minimum wage. Who would work for such a ______________?

• wallow

• pittance

• defiance

• stricken

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