Vocabulary and Thesaurus
(For the Vocabulary test on 5/1/15)
On the vocabulary test you will be expected to correctly spell each word and give the correct definition.
Write four synonyms for each vocabulary word on the lines provided and an antonym in the box below.
1. primordial _______ Describing something that has
been existing since the beginning of time.
“The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and
under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and
grew.”
2. pandemonium _______A wild uproar or chaotic
situation.
“An oath from Perrault, the resounding impact of a club
upon a bony frame, and a shrill yelp of pain, heralded the
breaking forth of pandemonium.”
3. marauder _______Someone who searches for things
to steal.
“At daybreak they limped warily back to camp, to find the
marauders gone and the two men in bad tempers.”
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There is no antonym for “marauder”!
4. courier _______Someone who carries messages or
packages.
“It was because nothing daunted him that he had been
chosen for government courier.”
5. score _______A set of twenty things or people (often
used in combination ie: five score equals 100).
“It was good to loaf around, after the fish were eaten, for
an jour or so with the other dogs, of which there were five
score.”
6. flounder _______To make clumsy movements while
trying to regain balance.
“When the sled started, he floundered in the soft snow
alongside the beaten trail.”
7. exertion _______Strenuous (hard) physical exercise
or effort.
“They swung out on the trail with remarkable lack of
exertion.”
8. comrade _______A close friend or companion.
“His comrades talked of how a dog could break its heart
through being denied the work that killed it.”
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There is no antonym for “score”!
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Monday Night Specials
DUE ON Friday May 1, 2015
Spelling City
(worth 10 points)
Log In and Practice for at least 10 minutes on our class spelling website
Go to: https://www.spellingcity.com/reachbennett/
Username: Your Last Name+First Name
example: Joe Schmoe’s Username would be: SchmoeJoe
Steven Spielberg’s Username would be: SpielbergSteven
Password: spacebaby
Find the Assignments Due (Green Section): “Call of the Wild Chapter 3-4 Vocabulary”
Complete the assignments.
Awesome Alliterations
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(worth 16 points)
Create FIVE sentences (using this week’s vocabulary words) packed with alliteration.
Include the proper four line heading.
Re-copy the word and definition of each of the five words.
Each sentence must have at least five alliterations!
The sentence must use the vocabulary word correctly. (In other words the sentences MUST
make sense!)
*****Extra Credit Opportunity!!
Create alliterations for the remaining vocabulary words and receive two points extra credit for each!
(Up to 6 points extra credit possible!)
Just in case you’ve forgotten what an alliteration is, I’ve used it as the word for my example...
Example...
Joe Schmoe
English, Period 3
February 28, 2014
“Awesome Alliterations”
Alliteration: Using the same sound at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of
verse.
Alliteration always annoys Annie when she reads antiquated American poetry.”