Vocabulary Energizers Ch. 2

1.     When Philip of Macedon sent a messenger to Sparta, the Spartans replied with the single word “If!”​ ​ (a)  

• laconic

• labyrinth

• egregious

• Machiavellian

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

​      In medieval and Renaissance England, Mary Magdalene was also thought to be the same Mary who was the sister of Lazarus and the reformed Mary who wept at the feet of Jesus. ​ ​ (a)  

• maudlin

• Machiavellian

• galvanize

• gregarious

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

conducted science experiments by shocking frog legs​ (a)   ​

• galvanize

• convivial

• ostracize

• circumspect

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

synonym for tantalize

• entice

• shun

• conundrum

• stimulate

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

synonym for labyrinth

• conundrum

• Machiavellian

• lethargic

• specious

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

antonym for laconic

• loquacious

• gregarious

• lethargic

• aboveboard

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

comes from the Latin for "sheep" or "herd"

• gregarious

• introspective

• prospective

• egregious

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

outstandingly bad

• specious

• egregious

• circumspect

• lethargic

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

excessively sentimental

• gregarious

• circumspect

• maudlin

• specious

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

cautious, watchful, careful

• specious

• circumspect

• Machiavellian

• egregious

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