Wordly Wise Book 11 Lesson 11

to make thin or slender

• cavil
• oscillate
• forgo
• attenuate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

(v.) to reduce, weaken, or lessen

• attenuate
• attribute
• discourse
• tactile

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The Great Dane looked like a ________ next to the Chihuahua.

• barter
• behemoth
• ostracize

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Dig up (something that has been buried, especially a corpse).

• Disinter

• Eminent

• Subpoena

• Percolate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The approaching army wished to ______ on the other kingdom's land. 

• pulverize
• impinge

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

to strike against or collide with violently; to encroach or intrude upon

• impinge
• vagary
• debilitate
• augur

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the meaning of multifarious in this sentence?
The week-long seminar was multifarious, and attendees could choose from a range of different classes.

• having one option
• varied and diverse
• focused on travel
• structured and specific

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is an oxymoron?

• giving human traits to objects or ideas
• a phrase that means something else than what it says
• repeating the same initial sound in neighboring words
• words that are contradictory when used together

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

abundance; fullness; the state of being ample, full, or complete.

• accretion
• enigmatic
• plenitude
• canvas

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which word means suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of something?

• Manipulate
• Reinforce
• Postulate
• Yonder

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D