Chapters 1 & 2 Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word 'feint' mean?

• To deceive or 'fake out' with a false movement

• Mournful, sorrowful

• Difficult, an action requiring a lot of force or effort

• Estimate the value, significance, or quality

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of 'plaintive'?

• To deceive or 'fake out' with a false movement

• Mournful, sorrowful

• Difficult, an action requiring a lot of force or effort

• Estimate the value, significance, or quality

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word means 'requiring aid to survive'?

• Avarice

• Indigent

• Discontent

• Suppliant

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the meaning of 'suppliant'?

• Able to be grasped or understood by the mind or senses

• Considerate of what others are feeling

• Sink down or recede

• Humble pleading, begging

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

How would you define the word 'undulate'?

• Move like waves: rise and fall in a pattern

• Hide or make less clear

• Able to be grasped or understood by the mind or senses

• Considerate of what others are feeling

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does 'deft' mean?

• Sink down or recede

• Skillful in movement, agile

• Swell up with pride; brag or boast

• Move like waves: rise and fall in a pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which word means 'hide or make less clear'?

• Obscure

• Perceptible

• Tactful

• Subside

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

What is the definition of 'perceptible'?

• Hide or make less clear

• Able to be grasped or understood by the mind or senses

• Considerate of what others are feeling

• Sink down or recede

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does the word 'tactful' mean?

• Move like waves: rise and fall in a pattern

• Hide or make less clear

• Able to be grasped or understood by the mind or senses

• Considerate of what others are feeling

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which word means 'sink down or recede'?

• Obscure

• Perceptible

• Tactful

• Subside

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B