Ms. Latoria's Vocabulary Study Guide

1. What does "grit" mean?

• a) The act of climbing downward

• b) Easily broken; delicate

• c) Small coarse bits of sand or stone

• d) To grow with great health or success

1. Which word means "the act of climbing downward"?

• a) Descent

• b) Grit

• c) Intend

• d) Ascent

1. What does "gouged" mean?

• a) To cut or carve with

• b) To grow with great health or success

• c) Lasting, or intended to last forever

• d) Travel in a circle around a specific point

1. Which word means "easily broken; delicate"?

• a) Myth

• b) Thrived

• c) Fragile

• d) Hideous

1. What does "intend" mean?

• a) To protect something from being destroyed or harmed

• b) A story, often about gods or supernatural characters, passed down through generations to explain something about the world

• c) To have a plan in your mind to do something; plan

• c) To have a plan in your mind to do something; plan

1. Which word means "a story, often about gods or supernatural characters, passed down through generations to explain something about the world"?

• a) Condemned

• b) Lunar

• c) Myth

• d) Assembly

1. What is a "constellation"?

• a) The coming together of people for a particular purpose

• b) To release someone from the legal consequences of a crime

• c) An object in the sky that moves around another larger object

• d) An arrangement of stars that seems to make a picture and that is named for that picture

1. What does "condemned" mean?

• a) To protect something from being destroyed or harmed

• b) To order punishment to be given to; sentence or convict

• c) The act of climbing up to a summit; rise

• d) Done, skillful, and very able

1. Which word means "to protect something from being destroyed or harmed"?

• a) Conserve

• b) Advantages

• c) Hideous

• d) Punished

1. What does "assembly" mean?

• a) To grow with great health or success

• b) The coming together of people for a particular purpose

• c) Rapidly articulated so as to omit certain sounds

• d) Lasting, or intended to last forever