100 Word Middle Schoolers Should Know List 2

Match the following words and their definitions.

• move hesitatingly, as if about to fall

• falter

• a pleasingly sweet odor

• fragrance

• the act of living in a place permanently

• habitation

• the act of creating something by mixing

• concoction

• trying to the point of exhaustion

• grueling

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Reorder the following in order of increasing meaning.

• defiance

• dislike

• rebellion

• exasperation

• disdain

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

What does headway mean?

• forward movement

• a small natural hill

• make lighter or brighter

• move in a curving course

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does illuminate mean?

• extremely unconventional

• bring together

• make lighter or brighter

• uneasiness about the fitness of an action

Answer explanation

Illuminate is related to the the Latin root word lumin-, lumen which means light.

Other related words are illumination and luminary, or one who has had a brilliant achievement.

Thomas Edison was a luminary of his time. So was Marie Curie.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does imperious mean?

• the length of the closed curve of a circle

• capable of being shaped or bent

• lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

• having or showing arrogant superiority

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does jargon mean?

• forward movement

• a tortuous and twisted position

• technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

• a very steep cliff

Answer explanation

Jargon is the special language of a particular activity or group.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does jut mean?

• bring together

• a small natural hill

• come out into view, as from concealment

• extend out or project in space

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

It was a sharp ___ of rock on the top of a hill, a bare landscape amongst the tropics of the jungle.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does knoll mean?

• a high steep bank

• a small natural hill

• a very steep cliff

• move fast

Answer explanation

With picnic blankets, hampers and candles in safety cups, the visitors began taking up their positions on the grassy knoll.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does malleable mean?

• actions that cause great irritation

• capable of being shaped or bent

• uneasiness about the fitness of an action

• move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

Answer explanation

Gold and alluminum are very malleable metals.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4