Unit 7 week 1 Vocabulary

Task that is extremely difficult and exhausting.

• grueling

• distasterous

• huge

• incentive

Businesspeople who make a lot of money.

• grueling

• transcontiental

• incentive

• Tycoon

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does the word transcontinental mean as it is used in the passage?

• a super powered train

• crossing a continent

• A high speed railroad

• A more efficient railroad

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does the word incentive mean as it is used in the passage?

• Is a time consuming job that costs alot of money to do

• forces someone to complete a task

• motivates or encourages one to do something

• Is a low wage job

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does the word tycoon mean as it is used in the passage?

• A railroad worker

• businesspeople who make a lot of money.

• A man you makes sure everyone finishes the job on the railroad

• A special car on the railroad track

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word grueling mean as it is used in the passage?

• A job that pays a lot of money

• A fun task to complete

• extremely difficult

• A job that most people could do.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4