Challenging Words

If a region is arid, it is:

• flooded
• without moisture, extremely dry
• Angel
• burial mounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The meaning of abbreviate is;

• extremely dry
• displaying wealth
• to criticize harshly
• shorten; abridge

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

If you are an ostentatious person, you like to flaunt your 

• grades
• intelligence
• wealth
• chia pet

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

If you have a tendency to procrastinate, you like to delay things unnecessarily?

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

If you are a mundane person, you are 

• happy
• sad
• a lover of animals
• ordinary; common

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Someone tells you that you have exemplary behavior. Is that an insult or a compliment?

• insult
• compliment

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which of these could be described as hackneyed?

• Starting the conclusion paragraph of your essay with "In conclusion..."
• Birdwatching on a weekend in the spring
• Reading a book of poetry
• Learning how to knit a hat

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

An amicable person is one who is 

• agreeable
• out-of-date
• tiring
• improve

It is never really good to censure a person as it has a tendency to make them angry

• high praise
• to criticize harshly
• misfortune
• weakening

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Have you ever had to compromise with anyone in order to keep peace?

• hard-working
• variant
• to attribute to someone
• to settle differences

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4