Benjamin Button Vocabulary - all

What is the word for 'Something out of its correct chronological time, like Benjamin's birth'?

• Anachronism

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the word for 'A substance that induces a loss of sensation, or something that causes insensitivity'?

• Anesthetic

• Antibiotic

• Stimulant

• Antacid

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the word for 'Belonging to a period before a war, specifically the American Civil War in the story'?

• Antebellum

• Reconstruction

• Modernist

• Postbellum

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the word for 'Hostility or opposition'?

• Antagonism

• Harmony

• Serenity

• Altruism

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the word for 'An irregularity or something that deviates from what is normal'?

• Anomaly

• Routine

• Pattern

• Norm

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the word for 'A ghost or ghostlike figure'?

• Apparition

• Mirage

• Statue

• Shadow

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the word for 'To express oneself clearly and coherently in words'?

• Articulate

• Mumble

• Stammer

• Whisper

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the word for 'Away from the expected course; amiss'?

• Awry

• Aloft

• Anew

• Askew

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the word for 'Deliberately created rather than arising naturally'?

• Contrived

• Spontaneous

• Organic

• Innate

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the word for 'Made or declared sacred'?

• Consecrated

• Diluted

• Obliterated

• Desecrated

• Fabricated

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4