Lesson 3 8th grade vocabulary

anonymity has the same or almost the same meaning as

• namelessness

• sensation

• content

• infirmity

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Selby, with sipping glasses awry, on his nose gaped at her.

In this sentence above, awry has the same or almost the same meaning as

• crooked

• dented

• joined

• stained

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

citadel means

• a stronghold for shelter during a battle

• a cylindrical container that holds liquids

• a road junction at which traffic streams in a circle

• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

delirious means:

• of high moral or intellectual value

• completely happy and contented

• marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

• mean and unworthy and despicable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

"What they're looking for is an effervescent kid who has a cute voice and can do a song and dance," said Larson, now 26.

In this sentence effervescent has the same or almost the same meaning as:

• intelligent

• vivacious

• naughty

• sophisticated

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

fervor means:

• logical coherence and acordance with the facts

• the status of being sworn into a sacred office

• a state of being essentially the same or interchangeable

• the state of bring emotionally aroused and worked up

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

hoard has the same or almost the same meaning as

• devise

• accumulate

• violate

• incense

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

kiosk means

• small area set off by walls for special use

• a book containing a classified list of synonyms

• a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride

• intermediate floor just above the ground floor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

muster has the same or almost the same meaning as

• take apart

• tear up

• lie down

• bring together

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Obama is governing in a more partisan era, but he can break the bonds of a divided Washington to turn his domestic agenda into a patriotic one---by pushing for energy independence, for example---rather than one side of a left-right slugfest.

In this sentence, partisan means:

• someonen who does evil deliberately

• a fervent and even militant proponent of something

• the offical who holds office

• a person who says one thing and does another

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D