M6 Week 2 Vocabulary

A reference source is a source that gives general background information (such as dates, facts, definitions). Which reference source would you use to find synonyms?

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

• Glossary

If something is ___, it is made up of things that are different from each other.

Choose the word to fill in the blanks.

If something is referred to as ___, it is not doing anything. An ___ boast is bragging about something that cannot happen.

Saying you are the best in the world probably is an ___ boast.

• idle

• idol

• boring

The ___ of something is its center.

If you ___ something, you understand it.

Select the word that completes the sentence.

___ is strong anger.

• Sadness

• Frustration

• Temper

• Wrath

Which word completes the sentence?

A ____ happens when a moving object crashes into something.

• burst

• collision

• car

• force

Which reference source would you use to find the definition of a word?

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

A suffix is a word part added to the end of a base word that changes the meaning of the word.

Which suffix means “the process or product of [something]?” And, changes a verb into a noun.

• -ment

• -ness

• -ed

A suffix is a word part added to the end of a base word that changes the meaning of the word.

Which suffix means “the state of [something]?” And, changes an adjective into a noun.

• -ment

• -ness

• -ed