Vocabulary List #1, #2

To concentrate in a small narrow space

• congest

• abdicate

• discordant

• exemplify

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which sentence has the best use of the word benign?

• Mary did a benign job with the apples.

• The benign logo does not match the company slogan.

• Joe's doctor told him the tumor is benign

• The bag was full of benigns.

To show or illustrate by example

• crowd

• benign

• gullible

• exemplify

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which sentence has the best use of the word hindrance?

• Mary grew a crop of hindrance.

• My aunt spilled hindrance all over her dress.

• Because Sue can't type, she is a hindrance to completing the work.

• Joe's hindrance is acting up today.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Easily duped or cheated

• discordant

• exemplify

• hindrance

• gullible

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which of the following is the CORRECT spelling?

• interpretor

• interpreter

• interprator

• interprater

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which is the best use of the word facetious?

• The town went facetious when the movie crew arrived.

• When John said he could cut the 2 acre lot of grass in five minutes, he was being facetious.

• Mary saw two facetious ladies take the bread from the shelf.

• Andre' has a facetious leg.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Having legal right over something

• gullible

• congest

• jurisdiction

• hindrance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Used to describe something that is not in agreement with something else

• discordant

• benign

• gullible

• facetious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of the following is the best use of the word abdicate?

• My uncle is an abdicate of using the church funds to build a new fellowship hall.

• My mom went to the bank to abdicate some cash to buy gas for her car.

• In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated the British throne.

• The abdicate signed the state law.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E