The Giver Vocab List 2 test

I was so looking forward to my Tia’s empanadas. They are perfect: crispy dough, cheesy filling, and the best chicken and red sauce. But we hit traffic on the way to her house and arrived late. I was broken-hearted to see there were no more empanadas.

• expansive
• dejected
• treacherous
• accustomed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The “Save a Pet” commercial used pictures of sad dogs and dirty cats to emotionally ask people to donate money to save the animals.

• linger
• anguish
• implore
• disquiet

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

Rebecca wanted to try more foods, so she started with new fruits. Then she tried some new vegetables. Then she tried things like smoothies and ratatouilles. Within a few months, her diet has grown so wide!

• expansive
• stealthy
• treacherous
• relish

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

With the hurricane getting closer to land, the waves are getting bigger and bigger. They are crashing over the rocks and starting to spill onto the boardwalk.

• treacherous
• surging
• outlying
• haste

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Most of the students were sitting on the top few rows of the bleachers in the gym, but Charlene was sitting in the first row by herself.

• outlying
• expansive
• exempt
• surging

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The car swerved across the road in the rain. It was slippery, and the driver had a hard time seeing out of the windshield and following the lines on the road.

• treacherous
• expansive
• hasty
• dejected

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

My favorite teacher is Mrs. McGarity. I had her class in 4th grade. She taught us that we could do anything. I am now an adult and have become a teacher. Her effect on me has lasted all these years.

• anguished
• conceivable
• lingering

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Before I bought the hamper basket, I was putting my dirty clothes on the floor. It is incredible how much cleaner my room looks now that I have a container for them!

• surge
• transmit
• receptacle
• dejection

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The ski jumper took a bad fall in the Olympic trials. He broke his leg in three places and was unable to compete. I don’t know what hurt him more: the broken bones or losing his chance for a gold medal.

• implore
• anguish
• linger
• solemn

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Shopping for my friends’ birthdays is so hard. I never quite know what they want. So right before their birthdays, I look at Instagram and Facebook to see things they liked or commented on. I feel like an investigator looking for a secret.

• expansively
• stealthily
• treacherously
• conceivably

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4