"Tell Tale Heart" Vocabulary

I could tell by her crossed arms, angry scowl o her face, and brisk answers, that she was ________ opposed to the plan we were proposing for the use of the fundraising money.

• warily

• vehemently

• stealthily

• audacity

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Even though Ms. Lawrence went over it five times in class, finding the slope is a concept that still ______ me.

• foresights

• stimulates

• vexes

• refrains

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She was so ______ in her scheme to manipulate the teacher into changing her grade, that it nearly worked! I couldn't believe it!

• creviced

• instinctual

• cunning

• stimulating

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When they walked up on the stage, I could not believe their ______ in taking the microphone out of the emcee's hand and beginning to yell at the audience. Since everyone saw them walk up on stage, I was shocked it took so long for security to detain them and escort them off stage!

• acuteness

• stifled

• stealthiness

• audacity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

His ​ (a)   knowledge about security systems allowed him and his team to ​ (b)   a seamless plan to break into the shop and steal all the valuable merchandise.

• profound
• conceive
• stifle
• stimulating
• vexed

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If I had had the ​ (a)   to stretch well before I started exercising, I probably wouldn't have gotten this ​ (b)   pain in my shin. I knew stretching would help prevent injury, but I didn't know how badly this shin splint would hurt!

• foresight
• acute
• crevice
• refrain
• profound

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Although I was being very ​ (a)   as I crept down the hall to the kitchen to get a midnight snack, I did not anticipate my ​ (b)   to scream when my cat jumped out of a doorway unexpectedly and landed on my head!

• audacity
• stealthy
• vexed
• stimulate
• instinct

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I could tell he was ______ about the decision to sneak out to the boardwalk, even though his parents had forbid he from going. I didn't understand why he was so reluctant after all the other crazy rules he had already broken!

• stifle

• profound

• crevice

• wary

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Although I was so appalled about how poorly his dog was behaving, I tried to ______ from making a comment, or revealing my true feelings through my facial expressions, because I knew how much he'd been working on training the dog.

• cunning

• stimulate

• refrain

• instinct

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It drives me crazy when my phone falls down into the _____ between the seat and the middle console. My hand isn't skinny enough to wedge itself down in the small space!

• wary

• profound

• foresight

• crevice

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4