Vocabulary Acquisition Quiz

What does "unmitigated" mean?

• a false picture of reality

• a church in a pleasant field

• unqualified or absolute

• a look of hate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does "pneumatic" mean?

• exaggerated flattery

• the trait of refining from something

• not arrogant or prideful

• containing or operated by air or gas under pressure

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does "refractive" mean?

• repeated too often

• of or involving refraction

• recovering readily from adversity

• more than is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does "atrocity" mean?

• the trait of having wisdom and good judgement

• lacking wit or imagination

• inclined or willing to give in

• an extremely wicked or cruel act

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "rowel" mean?

• a spiked disk at the end of spur

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• the state of being held in low self esteem

• lacking sufficient water or rainfall

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does "clemency" mean?

• with repening or murmuring

• submersed

• mercy or lenience

• descriptions of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "catatonic" mean?

• one skilled in singing not often applied to human beings

• mutual talk or conversation conference

• a chemical substance

• of or in an immobile or unresponsive stupor.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does "epitaph" mean?

• a phase or form written in memory of a person who has died

• contempt or derision to deride by mimicry

• a form of decay in which a fruit is overripe

• a genus of fossil

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "commiserate" mean?

• nearly enclosed by land

• express or feel sympathy or pity

• In a continuous manner

• shadowy vague

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does "acrimonious" mean?

• of middle rank state size or quality

• of necessity

• typically of speech or a debate; angry and bitter

• to make prosperous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F