Despereaux Vocabulary - ch. 8-15

As he walked down down the alley, the quiet dark night gave him an __________ feeling.

• dismal

• egregious

• fervent

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Because he broke the biggest rule, he was thrown into a deep, dark _________ for the rest of his life.

• teeter

• perfidy

• abyss

• spool

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

to sway back and forth

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

shockingly bad

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

"I have a fervent wish to become a librarian one day."

This sentence means I have a strong wish to be a librarian.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Despereaux's brother Furlough showed perfidy when he told on him to Lester.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

to formally give up something

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Reduce means to use something over and over.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

I used a _______ of thread to mend a blanket.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The dark and stormy weather made for a boring and ______ day at home.

• ominous

• abyss

• fervent

• dismal

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4