Vocabulary Quiz

Tania’s neighbor on the corner was a curmudgeon. He yelled at all the neighborhood kids for making noise when they played basketball in the streets, called the police if a dog came onto his lawn, and never came outside his house except to complain. Curmudgeon means:

• A close relative

• A bad-tempered person

• Someone who lives alone

• A very large house

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

When the three children passed the pet store, they stopped and looked at the puppies inside, pointing out and laughing. Their mother called, “You children are always lollygagging about! We’ve taken too much time already. We have to get home now!” Lollygagging means:

• Looking at dogs

• Rushing about

• Shopping

• Wasting time, ‘hanging out’, or lingering

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

For Anita’s first project in cooking class, she made blancmange. “This is easy,” she thought. “I’ll make it at home for dessert, if we have enough milk in the refrigerator at home.” Blancmange means:

• Vanilla pudding

• Seven-layer cake

• Roast beef

• Cooking lesson

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

When Trey got his telescope for Christmas, he looked at the night sky and was shocked to see many, many more stars than he had ever seen before. What does "googolplex" mean?

• About 5,000 or so

• A few

• A huge number impossible to count

• A far away galaxy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

I looked in the sky above and was excited to see a huge zeppelin slowly floating overhead. What does a "zeppelin" mean?

• A helicopter

• An airplane

• An alien spaceship

• A large passenger-carrying balloon-like vehicle

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Francie went to visit her grandmother, who lived in a retirement home for older people. She saw her grandmother and several friends playing cribbage. What does "cribbage" mean?

• A vegetable having a head with overlapping green or purple leaves

• Trash or unwanted leftovers

• A football practice game

• A card game in which scoring is kept by inserting small pegs into holes on a board

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

“Wow!” said Marie. “That was quite a shindig at Amanda’s house last night!” What does "shindig" mean?

• A business meeting

• A birthday

• A loud party or celebration

• A dinner

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the woods we found a pond, very green and deep, filled with plants and pond creatures. We saw a large number of tiny polliwogs clinging to the edges of the lilies and other plants, their eyes big and their little tails waving. “When these polliwogs transform and grow up, we’ll see a lot of hopping, and hear a lot of croaking, around this pond,” said Dad. Polliwogs mean:

• Baby goldfish

• Lily pads

• Tadpoles

• Baby rabbits

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.4.6

When the old man found out that his neighbor was really his long-lost brother, he was totally gobsmacked. Gobsmacked means:

• Disappointed

• Flummoxed

• Courageous

• Angry

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

When Joel ate his dinner with his fingers instead of a knife and fork, his mother exclaimed, “You are acting like a Neanderthal instead of a civilized person!” Neanderthal means:

• A primitive caveman

• A wild dog or wolf

• A wombat

• A baby

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4