E1-W4 Vocabulary

Definition: enthusiastic and eager.

Melissa was an ___________________ bicyclist and sometimes rode over 30 miles a day.

Synonyms ardent, enthusiastic, voracious

Antonyms indifferent

• aloof

• avid

• commemorate

• confiscate

a fight or dispute

• metamorphosis

• alias

• alteration

• altercation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

(n.) an angry argument

• Altercation
• Abridge
• Usurp
• Semblance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Having a strong desire for, to the point of greed.

Eager, enthusiastic.

• avid

• brusque

• concise

• demean

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

It was evident that Harrison was a misogynist, as his T-shirt ____________________ stated that he hated women.

• blatantly
• scurrilously
• transiently
• puerilely

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

blatant

• disagreeably loud

• unwilling

• villainous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Someone’s behavior, manner, or appearance, especially as it reflects on character. 

• balaclava
• denouement
• demeanor
• daunting 

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

demeanor

• The way someone behaves

• comical or joking

• accidentally lucky

• extremely holy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Some people hailed the man as a genius; others _____ him as a quack.

• denounced

• ingenious

• irked

• besieged

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

To openly or publicly condemn

• denounce

• compacted

• befouled

• beckons

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F