Vocab 1-10

Define the underlined word.

The school map you drew might confound our new students. They can't read your handwriting.

• to confuse or mix someone up

• to find a coin

• to find a con

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define the underlined word.

Grandpa, I think you misconstrue how e-mail works. You don't need to put a stamp on the computer screen.

• to do something wrong

• to miss a strue

• to get the wrong idea about something; to misunderstand

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Define the underlined word.

When it comes to what's cool, my dad gets gets it but my mom is oblivious.

• to be a bad dresser

• to be unaware of what is happening

• to obliviate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define the underlined word.

You don't have to be too canny to outsmart my little brother. Sometimes I still think he is an alien.

• to can he

• to can someone

• to be clever or smart

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Define the underlined word.

When the girls put on their best dresses for school, we boys knew it was an overt attempt to get our attention.

• something that is open to view; not secret

• something that is over

• something that is closed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Define the underlined word.

Meeting in the hall was a bad idea. From now on we should meet in a more covert location.

• out in the open

• obvious

• not shown openly; secret

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Define the underlined word.

Sometimes it feels like the bell for my science class takes an interminable length of time to ring.

• an intern

• something that seems forever, as if there's no end in sight

• a short amount of time

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Define the underlined word.

When we built our beach house out of straw, we did not think about longevity.

• something small

• a long life or a long amount of time

• easily destroyed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Define the underlined word.

When people talk about tumors, they are usually deadly, or benign.

• something that is harmful

• something that is harmless

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define the underlined word.

Giant spiders are definitely not innocuous.

• safe, but creepy

• scary

• safe and harmless

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F