The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Vocabulary Quiz 2

grotesque

• cheaply made up

• comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

• faking one's age

• rotten or decayed

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

solace

• comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness

• an excuse for not showing up

• anger at someone for lying

• laughter at clumsiness

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

sweatshop

• a term to describe shopping in over 100 degree weather

• a company for hot yoga

• an industry code for Nike hoodies

• a factory especially in the clothing industry where manual workers are employed for very low wages and under poor conditions

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

shamed

• cause someone to feel inadequate by outdoing or surpassing them

• cause someone to fail based on an i.q. test

• hurt someone's feelings by posting on social media

• to reveal someone's true identity

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

commodity

• a free resource for amusement park workers

• a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee

• food only found in a church

• an insurance plan for veterans

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

barker

• an ugly person who tries to imitate a dog

• a singer who speaks lines instead of using musical notes

• a person who stands in front of a theater, sideshow, etc., and calls out to passersby to attract

• a lady who sounds like a dude

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

skeptical

• a way of defining insecurity

• roughed up from being out in the wind and sun

• not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations

• lacking humor

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

intersect

• parallel beings

• disjointed status

• two or more things that pass or lie across each other

• the state of free floating

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

carnage

• an amusement park game

• the killing of a large number of people

• filler for packing boxes

• grocery produce from Asia

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