1. Viva New Jersey Vocabulary Words
Sixth Grade
Unit 1 Week 3

2. Words to Know corridors menacing mongrel groping pleas destination
persisted

3. Feeling about with the hands
groping
corridors
destination
groping
menacing
mongrel
persisted
pleas
Feeling about with the hands

4. pleas requests or appeals corridors destination groping menacing
mongrel
persisted
pleas
requests or appeals

5. mongrel an animal of mixed breed; especially a dog corridors
destination
groping
menacing
mongrel
persisted
pleas
an animal of mixed breed; especially a dog

6. refused to stop; kept on
persisted
corridors
destination
groping
menacing
mongrel
persisted
pleas
refused to stop; kept on

7. corridors long hallways corridors destination groping menacing mongrel
persisted
pleas
long hallways

8. menacing threatening corridors destination groping menacing mongrel
persisted
pleas
threatening

9. place to which someone or something is going or being sent
destination
corridors
destination
groping
menacing
mongrel
persisted
pleas
place to which someone or something is going or being sent

10. souvenir mutt Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
Susan brought home a mongrel.
souvenir
mutt

11. auditorium hallways Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The security guard walked through the corridors.
auditorium
hallways

12. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The look on the man’s face was menacing.
threatening
mournful

13. Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The coach persisted until the players learned the new strategy.
endured
demonstrated

14. moving noisily feeling around
Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The woman was groping for the umbrella in the dark closet.
moving noisily
feeling around

15. requests complaints Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
The teacher waited for the students to respond to her pleas.
requests
complaints

16. mode of transportion final location
Which means the same thing as the underlined word?
We wondered if the butterfly planned its destination.
mode of transportion
final location

17. You’ve got it!