Unit 9 vocab quiz sadlier

Read the passage and then answer the questions.

What does parched most likely mean as it used in paragraph 1?

• Rugged

• dry

• forbidden

• enclosed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Read the passage and then answer the questions.

Which word means the opposite of casual in paragraph 1?

• leisurely

• lively

• limited

• serious

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Read the passage and then answer the questions.

Which word is closest in meaning to persist as it is used in paragraph 2?

• fight

• endure

• expire

• survive

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Read the passage and then answer the questions.

What is the meaning of vital as it used in paragraph 3?

• crucial

• inessential

• unique

• humble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Read the passage and then answer the questions.

Accelerate comes from the Latin word accelerare. Accelerare most likely means

• to detract

• to push

• to quicken

• to draw

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Match the definition to the vocabulary word.

Flounder

• To go through an area to procure votes, sales, or opinions

• to evade by raising minor objections

• treated unfairly and cruelly

• to thrash about in a clumsy way

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Match the definition to the vocabulary word.

Quibble

• To go through an area to procure votes, sales, or opinions

• to evade by raising minor objections

• treated unfairly and cruelly

• to thrash about in a clumsy way

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Match the definition to the vocabulary word.

canvass

• To go through an area to procure votes, sales, or opinions

• to evade by raising minor objections

• treated unfairly and cruelly

• to thrash about in a clumsy way

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Match the definition to the vocabulary word.

downtrodden

• To go through an area to procure votes, sales, or opinions

• to evade by raising minor objections

• treated unfairly and cruelly

• to thrash about in a clumsy way

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the synonym for eroded?

• questioned

• increased

• entrusted

• destroyed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A