Sadlier Vocabulary Level C Unit 1 Review

The discordant noises came bellowing out of the Chorus classroom.  Discordant means:

• to develop gradually
• to float or hang suspended
• lacking in harmony

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A passage taken from a book, article

• adage
• citadel
• excerpt
• bonanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly

• revert
• jostle
• collaborate
• grope

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

When the power failed, we had to _______________in the dark to find a working flashlight.

• oblique

• grope

• servile

• preclude

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

My essay includes a long _______________from a speech by Sojourner Truth.

• decree

• legendary

• excerpt

• tether

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Authors hope that their notes, descriptions, and character sketches will ________________into a successful book.

• collaborate

• evolve

• invalidate

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

During his eleven years of "personal rule," King Charles I of England bypassed Parliament and governed the country by royal decree. Based on context, decree most likely means... 

• proclamation, edict' proclaim
• boos, disproval, ridicule
• progress, advance
• wreckage, debris

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

As we discussed our coming vacation, we gradually evolved a plan for a bicycle trip through New England. Based on context, evolved most likely means... 

• withered, shriveled up, atrophied
• unfolded ,emerged
• portioned, sectioned, extracted
• lingered, wavered

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

Suddenly the discordant voices of the two quarreling people burst upon my ears and jarred me out of my daydream. Based on context, discordant most likely means... 

• courteous, civil, well-mannered
• harmonious, in agreement
• slavish, groveling, fawning
• grating, shrill, different, divergent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

Let me read aloud a few excerpts from the newspaper review of the new movie. Based on context, excerpts most likely means... 

• portions, sections, extracts
• boos, disproval, ridicule
• wreckage, debris
• proclamations, edicts

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D