Vocabulary Worksheet

What word means 'of the color between orange and purple in the color spectrum'? Example: It was a dark, _____ dawn, and through a small square hole of a window, where the tattered paper fluttered, a glimpse of bronze sky gleamed.

• ruddy

• azure

• verdant

• ashen

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.K.5C

Fill in the blank: What word means 'the condition of producing seed-bearing structures'? Example: The fields needed rain for _____

• fruition

• germination

• pollination

• dormancy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What word means 'made of or resembling brass, as in color or hardness'? Example: Yesterday he had said to his father that if this _____, glittering sunshine continued, the wheat could not fill in the ear.

• brazen

• silvery

• wooden

• crimson

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What word means 'the young of an animal cared for at one time'? Example: They were always having to resist relatives who were more crowded—his uncle, with his endless _____ of children, coaxing.

• brood

• herd

• flock

• swarm

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Fill in the blank: What word means 'influence or persuade by gentle and persistent urging'? Example: They were always having to resist relatives who were more crowded—his uncle, with his endless brood of children, _____

• coax

• ignore

• distract

• scold

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Fill in the blank: What word means 'a thin porridge'? Example: “There is only a little rice left in the basket,” said the old man, seating himself at the table in the middle room and stirring with his chopsticks the thick yellow _____

• gruel

• broth

• stew

• custard

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Fill in the blank: What word means 'characterized by a rebellion against authority'? Example: His father, seeing his _____ face, had cried out at him, “And what will we do with a pretty woman?”

• mutinous

• placid

• timid

• obedient

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Fill in the blank: What word means 'the trait of being rude and impertinent'? Example: “If you are buying nothing more,” he said at last with much _____, “you will have to pay rent for the stool.”

• impudence

• gratitude

• patience

• generosity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What word means 'the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn'?

• contempt

• admiration

• affection

• respect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of the word 'dais'?

• a platform raised above the surrounding level

• a type of flower

• a musical instrument

• a kind of fabric

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E