Second 15 Tone Words Quiz

Which word means difficult to understand, intricate?

• Abstruse

• Dreary

• Biting

• Clinical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means sarcastic, having a biting or sarcastic tone?

• Clinical

• Biting

• Dreary

• Abstruse

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which word means extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical?

• Grim

• Clinical

• Egotistical

• Frantic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which word means causing sadness or gloom?

• Insecure

• Recalcitrant

• Dreary

• Histrionic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means vain; boastful; indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish?

• Histrionic

• Grim

• Frantic

• Egotistical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied?

• Histrionic

• Insecure

• Grim

• Frantic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air?

• Recalcitrant

• Histrionic

• Grim

• Insecure

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means over the top dramatic?

• Histrionic

• Insecure

• Recalcitrant

• Shocked

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means subject to self-doubt, not self-confident or assured?

• Threatening

• Shocked

• Recalcitrant

• Insecure

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory?

• Shocked

• Recalcitrant

• Threatening

• Understated

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F