Which word pair does NOT mean the same thing?
Terrific, wonderful
Terrific, terrible
Wonderful, phenomenal
Phenomenal, terrific
"My teacher is awesome! She is willing to go the extra mile for her students and stays late after school to help them understand their assignments." What does go the extra mile mean?
Go for a run with people
Do the bare minimum
Make extra effort
Slack on responsibilities
Dogs that have been abused and neglected are often WARY around strangers. Eventually, however, they can learn to trust and love people again. Wary means...
trusting
cautious
friendly
sleepy
Which pair of words have similar meanings?
hypothesis, true
Hypothesis, guess
Hypothesis, fact
Hypothesis, credible
Which word pair does NOT mean the same thing?
Phenomenal, terrific
Terrific, terrible
Wonderful, phenomenal
Terrific, wonderful
To "Let the cat out of the bag" means...
Keep a secret
Hide a present
Give away a secret
Sam felt ELATED when he found out he was going to Disney World. Elated means...
thrilled
annoyed
tired
disappointed
It is CRUCIAL to win the game if we want to make it to the next round. Crucial means...
fun, enjoyable
important, necessary
likely
relaxing, calm
When Kim and Kia were fighting over a boy, Shana stepped in as a MEDIATOR. She sat them both down and got them talking to each other again. Mediator means:
enemy
troublemaker
witness
peacemaker
Grandma Marie loved to INDULGE her grandchildren whenever she was watching them, giving them all the things they were never allowed to have, like soda and greasy food. Indulge means...
spoil
ignore
starve
humor
"I've told you that a million times." is an example of a...
alliteration
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
If something is true for me, but not true for someone else, it is a/an....
opinion
truth
fact
Tim was IRATE that they lost the game and was told to chill out. Irate means...
sadness
confusion
great anger
excitement
I like that store. The employees care about their customers and strive to make the customers feel right at home. Which word is a synonym of “strive”?
clean
try
complain
fail
"When my sister wore my favorite shirt without asking me, I was infuriated!" What is a synonym for infuriated?
Excited, anticipating
Sad, depressed
Happy, joyful
Angry, upset, mad
to "Give someone the cold shoulder" means...
Tell someone you are angry
Greet someone
Ignore someone
David hoped that nobody would know he was in the building. Apparently, he didn’t he realize that parking his new car in the driveway made his presence rather CONSPICUOUS. The word conspicuous means:
important
expensive
obvious
unfortunate
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it" means...
Reconnect with nature
Let's not talk about that problem right now
Make a different decision
To "Add insult to injury" means...
To make a bad situation worse
Encourage someone
Someone getting injured in a game
The science fair needed IMPARTIAL judges: they had to have no biases towards any of the contestants so that it would be fair. Impartial means...
negative
expert
open-minded
wealthy
Francesca was not SENTIMENTAL about the old maple tree in the front yard. Although it had been important to her family to many generations, she had no trouble deciding to cut it down. Sentimental means...
tired
emotional
angry
happy
As Jamal ran towards the goal on the soccer field, he suddenly rolled his ankle and fell painfully to the ground. He GRIMACED, clutching his ankle in pain. Grimaced means....
walked
smiled
laughed
frowned/winced
What does someone mean if they say "pull yourself together?"
Calm down
Why are you upset
Change your clothes
"Once in a blue moon" means...
Rarely
only at night
Everday
What does it mean if something "costs an arm and a leg?"
It takes a lot of physical strength
You have to sacrifice your health for something
It's very expensive
I have a SLIGHT idea about how to solve that math problem, but I'm not sure if it's right. Slight means...
great
small
bright
no idea
Sean blew out the candles on his 13th birthday cake, thinking about all the changes that would take place in the next DECADE. He would graduate from high school before he knew it. Decade means...
ten years
hundred years
three years
one year
Which pair of words have similar meanings?
Hypothesis, guess
Hypothesis, credible
Hypothesis, fact
hypothesis, true
If someone is "on thin ice" they are...
On probation; make another mistake + there will be trouble
IN good standing
Making good decisions
If something is true for me, but not true for someone else, it is a/an....
truth
opinion
fact
To "Let someone off the hook" means...
Go fishing with someone
Make someone pay
To not hold someone responsible for something
Mia was being very ANTAGONISTIC towards her sister. She kept picking fights with her. Antagonistic means...
silly
helpful
kind
aggressive