Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Again they searched meticulously, but no keys.  Where could they be?  They've looked EVERYWHERE! If you did something meticulously, you would be-

• feeling silly.
• working very carefully.
• trying to finish quickly.
• trying to find something.

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Tanya loved her dad, but she wondered why she was so organized when he was so haphazard.  A person who is haphazard is- 

• lost
• lovable 
• worried
• disorganized

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Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?

• can you help me
• her father walked in 
• sounding annoyed, too
• relaxing with a magazine

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Luis was adamant and insisted, "But Mom said she was preparing dinner tonight!" The word that best defines adamant is-

• happy 
• unsure
• nervous
• stubborn

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Based on the context clues in the sentence below, ecstatic means:

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby.  They couldn't stop smiling for days. 

• Nervous
• Discouraged
• Excited
• Relieved

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Context Clues

Sophie's grandma asked her to go get her spectacles. The root word spec means...

• Water
• Look, see, watch
• Love
• Maganize

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chronological, chronic both have the root word chron, what does this word mean?

• meat
• skin
• life
• time

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Sally had to put the thermometer to _________ her temperature.

• heat
• record
• measure
• graph

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Biology is the study of ______ (including plants and animals), what they needs to survive, how they change, and how they interact with one another.

• animals
• life
• science

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What prefix is used in the word "misunderstood?"

• un-
• mis-
• trans-
• od-

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