Long Way Down 1

ANAGRAM

• a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board

• a phrase rearranged from the letters of another phrase

• a note sent from one person to another via telegraphic communication

• a word game invented wherein lettered tiles are used to spell words

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Inherited

• to take something that has been given, offered or paid

• to assume a role or position once occupied by someone else

• occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; down to you by your family

• prevent deliberately by the making of a Will

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Shriek

• a loud cheer

• a tragic event

• a low murmur accompanied by a long moan

• sharp piercing cry

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

mourning

• state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

• when the sun comes up

• to rejoice

• a jubilant response to sad news

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

muffled

• loud thud used to bring attention to a particular sound

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• a device for reducing the noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a jubilant response to sad news

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

wrenching

• causing great physical or mental suffering

• a comforting gesture

• an escape from tragedy

• strong, staccato movements

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

stench

• causing great mental suffering

• a savory odor that emits from a plate of food

• a pleasant aroma associated with flowers

• a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

lopsided

• a balanced way of looking at things

• a symmetrical line

• straight or alined perfectly

• having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

stutter

• tattling on one another

• speak haltingly

• speak fluently and intelligibly

• enunciating words slowly and carefully

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

clot

• a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

• to stop up an incision with gauze

• to unblock a vein

• to liquefy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4