Red Kayak Vocabulary

Match the following vocabulary words to the correct definition.

• an expression of disgust or pain

• grimaced

• appearing different; misleading

• corrode

• a legacy that is part of a person's past

• heritage

• destroy or weaken gradually

• skiff

• a shallow, flat-bottomed boat

• deceptive

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following vocabulary words to the correct defintion.

• saturated with water; full of water

• waterlogged

• to visualize something that might happen

• envisioned

• to conceal; keep from being seen

• obscured

• to demand something that's repeated

• insistently

• extremely happy

• elated

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following vocabulary words with the correct definition.

• to be filled with wonder

• churned

• having an unpleasant feeling

• marvel

• state of confused and noisy disturbance

• illuminating

• helping to clarify or explain something

• commotion

• the gradual destruction or disappearance

• erosion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.6

Match the following vocabulary words to the correct definition.

• created on purpose rather than naturally

• contrived

• bizarre

• agonize

• to worry too much over something

• expound

• a shake or tremble in a person's voice

• surreal

• to expand on something in greater detail

• quaver

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.7.6

Match the following vocabulary words to the correct definition.

• scattered pieces of trash

• compatible

• two things existing together

• steely

• sentimental feelings or longing

• nostalgia

• dark shape or outline of something

• debris

• determined, unfeeling, heartless

• silhouette

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

Match the following vocabulary words with the correct definition.

• to surrender

• postponing

• a state of not having much sense

• stupor

• delaying

• conceded

• a faint sign or feeling of something

• eager

• wanting to do something very much

• glimmer

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following vocabulary words with the correct definition.

• feeling that something bad will happen

• envision

• an area of something that opens wide

• wanly

• in a weak or pale manner

• expanse

• to imagine as a future possibility

• eerie

• strange or frightening

• resigned (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following vocabulary words to the correct definition.

• feeling anger towards something unfair

• uncanny

• hardened area of skin

• callused

• strange or mysterious

• obscured

• to keep from being seen

• indignant

• walking slowly with heavy steps

• plodded

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following vocabulary words to the correct definition.

• to turn away; to prevent

• bolster

• to support or strengthen

• averted

• criminally

• feloniously

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following vocabulary word to the correct definition.

• special words used by specific people

• jargon

• feeling of anger

• resentment

• walked heavily or noisily

• tramped

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D