Vocabulary #3

Determined by factors present in an individual from birth

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Born a giant, Frank had an ______fear of hurting people he got too close to.

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to take into the mind and thoroughly understand

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Dispirited, Leslie could not _________ the geometric principles she needed to study for her test until her older sister used simple analogies to explain the subject to her.

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

a highly talented child or something extraordinary

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Messi was labeled a ______when a talent scout noticed how easily he could take on defenders five years older and twice his size when he was a little kid.

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

My _______ sister practiced sharing and said “please” and “thank you” much earlier than the other kids.

• innate

• assimilate

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

to oppose successfully

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Superman was able to ______Lex Luthor and his army of robots by unplugging the central battery powering the villain’s mechanical creations.

• innate

• assimilate

• prodigy

• precocious

• thwart

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A