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Week Thirty-Six Language Arts Warm Ups

Vocabulary

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1. Select the word or words that most closely expresses the meaning to the vocabulary word listed below.

osculate
A. hug
B. talk
C. eat
D. kiss

Answer: D. kiss

2. Select the word or words that most closely expresses the meaning to the vocabulary word listed below.

gourmand
A. glutton
B. talkative
C. voracious reader
D. lewd

Answer: A. glutton

3. Select the word or words that most closely expresses the meaning to the vocabulary word listed below.

succinct
A. large
B. concise
C. perfectionist
D. opaque

Answer: concise

4. Select the word or words that most closely expresses the meaning to the vocabulary word listed below.

hirsute
A. stoic
B. spartan
C. hairy
D. organized

Answer: C. hairy

5. Select the word or words that most closely expresses the meaning to the vocabulary word listed below.

sanguine
A. optimistic
B. depressed
C. angry
D. agitated

Answer: A. optimistic

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