To Build a Fire Vocabulary

The principal yelled _____, "Quiet down!"

• poignant

• peremptorily

• reiterate

• imperative

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

___________ memories of Ted's dead dog hit him when he saw the puppy frolicking in the park.

• poignant

• conjectural

• imperative

• reiterate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Unwonted

(adj.)

• affectedly refined or delicate

• brought under control; made less intense

• not habitual or ordinary

• incapable of being perceived by the senses

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The _________ of the high winds made the bird's nest fall out of the tree.

• ebb

• agitation

• undulation

• apprehension

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

wave; curve

• undulation

• agitation

• ebb

• conjectural

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Intangible

(adj.)

• feeling or showing little or no emotion

• obligatory; mandatory; subject to a command or order.

• full of melancholy; vague or regretful longing

• incapable of being perceived by the senses

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

anxiety, dread

• apprehension

• poignant

• peremptorily

• apathetically

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

absolutely necessary

• imperative

• poignant

• conjectural

• undulation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It is ________ that students get a good night sleep and eat a good breakfast before a final exam.

• imperative

• poignant

• conjectural

• peremptorily

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

repeat

• ebb

• reiterate

• imperative

• agitation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4