9th-Grade Lit: Unit 3 Vocab

I was impatient to get my new book, so I chose to _______ the shipping.

• enjoin

• expedite

• ascribe

• peculate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

The apples in my yard were so old, they _______ and the neighborhood squirrels got drunk!

• abominated

• sangfroid

• fermented

• commiserated

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Synonyms: loathe, abhor, despise

• acculturation

• inadvertent

• wheedle

• abominate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The student's argument was _______ at best, providing no evidence for her claims.

• tenuous

• vitriolic

• seditious

• adventitious

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

The revolutionaries were arrested for _______ behavior.

• adventitious

• seditious

• nominal

• vitriolic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The students were on their best behavior, trying to _______ the test answers from their teacher.

• ascribe

• enjoin

• wheedle

• ferment

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which physical conditions are adventitious?

Groups:

(a) Adventitious

,

(b) Not adventitious

• Hair color

• flu

• Blood type

• COVID

• Pneumonia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Synonyms: defraud, misappropriate

• sangfroid

• wheedle

• abominate

• peculate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

The brilliant singer performed with _______ even after an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction.

• proclivity

• sangfroid

• noncommittal

• acculturation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Antonym: allow, permit

• expedite

• commiserate

• enjoin

• wheedle

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4