from My Syrian Diary Vocab

Read each scenario. Then select the correct vocabulary word from the word bank to match the scenario.

• Bereft

• James went hungry at lunchtime because he left his sandwich on the counter.

• Pension

• Mrs. Donaldson, after retiring from 30 years as a teacher, will receive sizable monthly payments.

• Ignoble

• By combining the two metals, the jeweler was able to create an object that was as durable as it was beautiful.

• Forge

• The CEO of the company was forced to resign for embezzling from company accounts.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The ​ (a)   prices of the food on display discouraged hungry shoppers from entering the store.

• exorbitant
• extract
• sustenance
• deprivation
• superficial

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Having suffered through the​ (a)   ​ of war, the refugees were overwhelmed by the abundance of ​ (b)   they saw in other countries.

• deprivation
• sustenance
• extract
• superficial
• exorbitant

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I could not​ (a)   the splinter from the dogs paw even though the injury appeared to be​ (b)   .

• extract
• superficial
• exorbitant
• sustenance
• deprivation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• Deprivation

• the condition of being deprived; lacking the basic necessities or comforts of life.

• Extract

• to draw or pull out, often with great force or effort.

• Exorbitant

• apparent rather than actual or substantial; shallow.

• Superficial

• beyond what is reasonable or customary, especially in cost or price.

• Sustenance

• something, especially food, that sustains life or health.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4