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WorksheetsCrossover Quarter 1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
"Josh Bell is my name. But Filthy McNasty is my claim to fame. Folks call me that 'cause my game's acclaimed, so downright dirty, it'll put you to shame."
What is meaning of the word acclaimed as used in the text.
awful
glorious
filthy
shameful
"Hustle dig
Grind push
Run fast
Change pivot
Chase pull
Aim shoot..."
What does the word pivot means as used in the text?
outstanding, remarkable, or amazing
a feeling of friendship
to run after
to turn around in one spot
"If my hair were a tree I'd climb it. I'd kneel down beneath and enshrine it."
What does the word enshrine mean as used in the text?
cherish
disrespect
trim
bury
"And just like that we're rummaging through a box filled with newspaper clippings about Chuck "Da Man" Bell and torn up ticket stubs and old flyers and ..."
What is the meaning of the word rummaging as used in the text?
to challenge someone with insults
to protect something valuable
actively searching for something
imitation of someone else
"On the way to the game I’m banished to the back seat with JB, who only stops playing with my locks when I slap him across his bald head with my jockstrap."
What is the meaning of the word banished as used in the text?
expelled
welcomed
accepted
included
"JB's the second most phenomenal baller on our team. He has the better jumper, but I'm the better slasher. And much faster. We both pass well. Especially to each other."
What is the meaning of the the word phenomenal as used in the text?
to challenge someone with insults
laughs loudly
rarely
outstanding, amazing, remarkable
"JB likes to taunt and trash talk during games like Dad used to do when he played."
What is the meaning of taunt as used in the text?
compliment
mock
respect
praise
"In the locker room
after the game,
JB cackles like a crow."
What is the meaning of the word cackles as used in the text?
frowns
pouts
moans
squawk
"As in: The HUGE bald patch
on the side
of my head
is a dreadful
calamity."
What is the meaning of the word dreadful as used in the text?"
delightful
beautiful
displeasing
satisfying
"I am not
a mathematician— a + b seldom equals c."
What is the meaning of seldom as used in the text?
daily
rarely
often
frequently
