DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the vocabulary word that matches the definition provided. (10 points)
*You may only put one word in each box for your answer.
*Each vocabulary word will only be used one time.
to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; a petty objection
a difficult or painful experience, a trial
to wear away gradually, eat away
sad, gloomy, unhappy; sadness, gloominess
to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part
to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss
treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
horrible, revolting, ghastly
having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the part of speech for each vocabulary word provided. (10 points)
*If there is more than one part of speech, select multiple options.
*If a secondary part of speech is not listed below (ex. participial), it does not need to be included.
bystander
canvass
downtrodden
erode
gruesome
melancholy
ordeal
persist
quibble
vital
ordeal
persist
gruesome
bystander
canvass
erode
melancholy
quibble
downtrodden
vital
erode
persist
vital
melancholy
downtrodden
gruesome
ordeal
bystander
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence provided. (10 points)
*You may only put one word in each box for your answer.
*Each vocabulary word will only be used one time.
*Look to see if the word requires a suffix to be added (example: -ed, -s, -es, -ing).
The school board _____ parents to find out if they were in favor of the introduction of school uniforms.
"Please," she said, "let's not _____ about who gets to go first."
The constant pressure of wind and water _____ the walls of the sandstone canyons.
It is _____ to the security of the United States that the nation has access to a steady supply of oil.
The police questioned every _____ who had seen the accident.
After the horrible _____ of living three weeks without electricity, she was overjoyed when the power came back on.
Sadly, immigrants are probably the most _____ workers in the modern industrial societies.
The climbers _____ in their dangerous trek up the south face of the mountain.
Winter's short days and long, dark nights make some people feel depressed and _____ .
The police were confronted with the _____ remains of a body when they broke into the locked apartment.