Vocabulary
Choose the correct word for this definition:
To ______ something is to communicate it or make it known. You might _______ a message from your mom to your sister. A painting’s dark colors might ________ a feeling of sadness.
liability, fate, convey, tedious
Convey
To _______ is to try very hard or make great efforts toward a goal. Someone who ______ to be a ballet dancer practices every day and is serious about improving.
strive, expertise, inherently, productive
Strive
Which setting is more ominous?
Night is often thought of as the part of the day when scary or bad things can happen. People feel less safe in the dark than in the light. So a nighttime setting helps create an ominous mood.
Nighttime is when people eat dinner and relax by a fire before going to sleep. So a nighttime setting helps create an ominous mood
Night is often thought of as the part of the day when scary or bad things can happen. People feel less safe in the dark than in the light. So a nighttime setting helps create an ominous mood.
Some people believe in ____: a supernatural power that controls what happens in the future. Those who believe in ____ believe that the future is going to turn out a certain way no matter what—that nothing can be done to change or prevent what is going to happen.
tedious, fate, ill-gotten gain, liability
Fate
If someone or something is ___________, it has the ability to do a lot of work and get good results. If your group was ________ during the time your teacher gave you to work on your science project, your group got a lot of the project done. A _________ apple orchard produces a plentiful amount of apples.
strive, inherently, productive, irresponsible
Productive
The Stage Directors describe that as the play starts, sounds of a storm rise up in the dark theater.
The Stage Directors describe that as the play starts, sounds of a morning birds whistling with the rising of the lighted theater.
The Stage Directors describe that as the play starts, sounds of a morning birds whistling with the rising of the lighted theater.
long, boring, and tiresome
liability, ill-gotten gain, convey, tedious
Tedious
“built-in, permanent, or a key part of something’s nature.” Being a manager at a bank might be dangerous if a robber were to come in, but it’s not an _________ dangerous job. Being a firefighter, on the other hand, is an ________ dangerous job; firefighters put themselves in harm’s way all the time.
challenge, brigade, tedious, inherently
Inherently
An ________ is anything that was gotten in a dishonest, improper, or illegal way. If someone robs a bank, the money that they take is _________.
fate, tedious, ill-gotten gain, liability
Ill-gotten gain
__________ is the skill or knowledge that an expert has. If you are having trouble perfecting your chocolate-chip recipe, you might want to get help from someone with baking ________.
strive, expertise, tedious, productive
Expertise
If you accidentally hit a baseball through the window of a grocery store, you might be ______ for the damage—that is, it might be your duty to pay for the damage you caused.
irresponsible, tedious, liable, fate
Liable
“feeling like something bad or evil will happen; threatening.”
readily, productive, ominous, tedious
Ominous