Shades of meaning

What does "shades of meaning" mean?

• When words are similar but have weaker and stronger meanings

• When words are about colors

• When words do not mean the same thing

Which word below best completes this sentence?

It had been storming all day, so by the time I got home I was _____.

• damp

• wet

• soaked

Which word below best completes this sentence?

During the moment of silence, John ______ to his friend when he asked him a question.

• spoke

• whispered

• responded

Read the sentence. Then replace the underlined word with the word with the strongest (most intense) meaning.

His little brother's hands were dirty!

• filthy

• muddy

• soiled

• stained

Select the best word that completes the sentence.

I became ________ when I couldn't solve the riddle.

• frustrated

• mad

• angry

• irate

Select the best word that completes the sentence.

I could see that Tim was angry by the way he ________ away.

• strolled

• marched

• walked

• trotted

Eva ________ toward the finish line.

• jogged
• scurried
• raced
• rushed

Mrs. Stine drank her Mountain Dew slowly, taking only small _________.

• gulps
• sips
• drinks
• swallows

Taylor was __________ after hiking ten miles up the mountain. 

• exhausted
• drowsy
• weary
• d. tired

Dylan and Quintin
_______ on the phone for nearly an hour.

• chatted
• conversed
• spoke
• murmured