Flocabulary: Blue Level It's Alright

Teresa _______ for the environment. She tells her friends to switch to alternative energy all the time.

This word means: to argue for, recommend or urge

• advocates

• forfeits

• inaugurates

• tirades

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The firefighters _______ the forest fire to arson.

Meaning: to consider as the cause of something.

• liberal

• recourse

• attribute

• renown

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

My new bedroom is so much more _________ than my old one; I can do a cartwheel in it!

Word Meaning: spacious, roomy.

• humane

• capacious

• liberal

• servile

Her political views were very she believed_________; in small government and traditional policies.

Word meaning: favoring traditional views

• humane

• renown

• servile

• conservative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When Kahn saw there was no way to win, he _______ the chess match.

Word Meaning: to give up or surrender

• forfeited

• waged

• inaugurated

• ultimated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It's not ______ to leave a pet locked in a hot car while you dine or shop.

Word Meaning: marked by compassion or tenderness for humans or animals.

• plausible

• conservative

• humane

• capacious

The end of the war will hopefully _________ a time of peace between the two countries.

Meaning: to officially begin.

• ultimate

• inaugurate

• tirade

• attribute

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The _______ politician wanted to set up a new government program to support city-wide recycling.

Word Meaning: favoring progress and reform over tradition.

• humane

• capacious

• conservative

• liberal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Some of the first graders' stories did not have ________ plots, but they were still very fun to read.

Word Meaning: believable.

• conservative

• plausible

• servile

• wage

Jamal had no other ________ than to leave his family for weeks at a time while he went off to work.

Word Meaning: the option of having someone or something for help.

• advocate

• liberal

• recourse

• plausible

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C