New Kid Vocabulary

Choose the best definition of: "hierarchy" on p. 40

• very difficult or confusing

• became or made worse

• a servant, follower, or underling

• a system where there are levels of importance or status

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Choose the best definition of: "minion" on p. 127

• a great disaster

• a ceremony of events that is always performed the same way

• a slang term for creating graffiti

• a servant, follower, or underling

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Choose the best definition of: "gritty" on p. 129

• showing a lot of courage or determination, tough

• ready and willing to fight or argue

• causing displeasure or resentment

• done in an expert, skilled, or athletic way

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the best definition of: "modifies" on p. 162

• stated in a way that is not specific or clear

• changes, limits or describes the meaning of a word

• hired, rented, or leased

• able to last or continue for a long time

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the best definition of: "escalated" on p. 90

• group of people born and living at the same time

• to think something is true without knowing if it is

• polite, moral, honest

• became or made worse

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the best definition of: "humiliating" on p. 193

• to conflict with

• not important or worth notice

• very destructive, or embarrassing

• great upset and shocked by

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the best definition of: "vigilante" on p. 227

• a person who tries to catch and punish criminals

• noisy fight or disturbance

• not important or worth notice

• greatly upset and shocked by

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Drafty means...

• the glass and material of a window

• an opening in a wall

• cold and uncomfortable because of wind currents

• cold and uncomfortable because of too much heat

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Stoop means...

• an opening in a wall that provides a view outside

• a small porch or steps at the entrance of a house

• an emergency ladder to exit a house

• a state of extreme rudeness

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Daunting means...

• intimidating, seeming difficult

• relaxed and seeming easy

• simple and comfortable

• slow and casual

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4