Grayson Grade 7 Vocab Unit 9

one who looks on or observes OR a person who is present but not participating. The ___ who had witnessed the car accident gave his statement to the police.

• bystander

• ordeal

• vital

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to go through an area in order to procure (get) votes or sales OR to discuss something in detail

• canvass

• persist

• quibble

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

treated unfairly and cruelly or oppressed. The Italian immigrants at Ellis Island represented the ___ masses wanting to be free.

• melancholy

• downtrodden

• regal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to wear away gradually OR eat away. Small streams and rivers ___ the land they flow over.

• stifle

• erode

• quibble

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

horrible, revolting, ghastly. The ___ crime rocked the quiet neighborhood.

• graphic

• gruesome

• melancholy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

sad, gloomy, unhappy, OR sadness, gloominess.

It must have been the gloom of the house and the cloudy overcast day that made me feel so ___. The melody and lyrics of "Fade to Black" by Metallica filled her with ___.

• regal

• downtrodden

• melancholy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

a difficult or painful experience, a trial. The climbers that experienced an avalanche were exhausted by their ___ and quickly fell asleep.

• greusome

• canvass

• ordeal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to continue steadily in a course of action, to refuse to stop or to be changed, to last or remain. Despite stern warnings from their doctor, the underweight twins ___ in their bad eating habits.

• persist

• accelerate

• ratify

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections OR a petty objection. Let's not ___ over minor details. The twins ___ over silly little things.

• erode

• persist

• quibble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

having life, living, necessary to life, essential, key, or crucial. The treaty is of ___ importance to the security of our nation.

• vital

• melancholy

• quibble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C