Wordly Wise Book 11: Lesson 10 Quiz

Choose the vocabulary word that best fits the definition:

To point opposite and farthest from the base; summit

• debacle

• vertex

• apex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Scornful treatment or contempt, especially as a result of disgraceful behavior

• parley

• opprobrium

• proviso

• debacle

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

To obliterate or erase completely

• upbraid

• expurgate

• appease

• expunge

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A statement that makes a condition, qualification, or restriction

• proviso

• opprobrium

• attrition

• upbraid

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A loss of memory, usually caused by shock or injury

• aphasia

• agnosia

• apraxia

• amnesia

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A gradual reduction in numbers or loss of strength

• erosion

• attrition

• abrasion

• proviso

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Having to do with horseback riding

• attrition

• equestrian

• proviso

• opprobrium

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Green with vegetation' covered with green plants

• hackneyed

• sully

• verdant

• upbraid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To strip a plant of leaves, thereby damaging or destroying it

• hackneyed

• upbraid

• expunge

• defoliate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Relating to or perceptible by the sense of touch

• internal

• debacle

• verdant

• tactile

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4