English 12 Wordly Wise Vocab 7

The amoeba's lack of a fixed structure gives it an ____________ shape.

• Invidious

• Amorphous

• Distinct

• Nefarious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

(Synonym) The Spanish Inquisition attempted to force religious minorities to abjure their faiths.

• ridicule

• reveal

• renounce

• proclaim

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

(Antonym) Reading Marcel Proust's twelve-volume Remembrance of Things Past is a herculean task.

• Invigorating

• Over-whelming

• Enormous

• Easy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

His cynicism was so extreme that it bordered on _____________.

• Nihilism

• Melange

• Presentiment

• Torpor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(Antonym) In stereotypes of western movies, the nefarious villain wears a black hat.

• conniving

• secondary

• respectable

• unfavorable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

(Synonym) Though it is gaining popularity, the proposal to shift to a twelve-month school year will cause invidious debate.

• thoughtful

• bitter

• patient

• rational

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What does a person's animus do?

• Dream

• Influence

• Remember

• Learn

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

To approve, confirm or verify.

• Vitiate

• Abjure

• Subsume

• Ratify

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

To encompass in a larger or more comprehensive group; to include.

• Abjure

• Subsume

• Ratify

• Vitiate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following is least likely to be variegated?

• Grains of salt

• Cars in a lot

• Fields of wildflowers

• Works in a gallery

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4