1. VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
Language Arts 8

2. Passage #1
If you ever seen anyone bursting with spite, it was him. He was blood red. One smack from that fist of his was all it would take to flatten me out. I knew that. I wasn’t worried. He couldn’t be that much of a lunatic to get himself hauled into court.

3. SPITE
The word spite means:
Anticipation
Excitement
Anger
Frustration

4. HAUL The word haul means: Found guilty Dragged into Kicked out of
Arrested

5. Passage #2
Jonas glanced around at the astonishing array of books.

6. Array
The word array means:
Appearance
Variety
Collection
Amount

7. Passage #3
Jonas trudged to the bench beside the storehouse and sat down, overwhelmed with feelings of loss.

8. Trudged
The word trudge means:
Walked
Skipped
Moped
Pushed

9. Passage #4
Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward to emerge in a cry.

10. Emerge
The word emerge means:
Begin
Come out
Awaken
Escape

11. Passage #5
He had hesitated for a moment, standing beside the bike port in the darkness, not wanting anything of his father’s and uncertain, as well, whether he could comfortably ride the larger bike when he was so accustomed to his own.

12. Accustomed The word accustomed means: Attached Comfortable with
Used to
Happy with

13. Passage #6
At first it’s exhilarating: the speed, the sharp, clear air; but then the snow accumulates…

14. Accumulates The word accumulate means: Keeps falling Melts Builds up
Gets colder

15. Passage #7
His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness -and promised answers - he could, conceivably (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone, some adult, his father perhaps: “Do you lie?”

16. Reeled The word reeled means: Pounded with pain Was confused
Was full of thoughts
Considered thoughtfully

17. Conceivably The word conceivably means: Possibly Impossibly Believably
Surprisingly