NIGHT Quiz

What is the meaning of the word "Penury"?

• Abundance of wealth

• Extreme poverty

• A type of bird

• A historical period

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does the word "Fraught" mean?

• Light and easy

• Full of or accompanied by something specified

• A type of fruit

• A calm sea

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The word "Insinuate" most nearly means:

• To state clearly

• To exit quickly

• To suggest or hint slyly

• To inflate with air

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the definition of "Annihilate"?

• To create or build

• To confirm or approve

• To destroy completely

• To renew or restore

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The term "Liquidate" is best defined as:

• To turn into a liquid

• To set up a business

• To eliminate, typically by violent means

• To settle a debt by paying it off

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

After the baroness’s death, her niece wasted her fortune and was reduced to a state of _______________.

• Edict

• Billet

• Fruaght

• Penury

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

From beginning to end, the mountain-climbing expedition was _______________ with danger.

• Annihilate

• Fraught

• Liquidate

• Conflagration

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Though she didn’t say it directly, her email clearly ______________ that he would not be welcome at her party.

• Fraight

• Surreptious

• Insinuated

• Billet

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

If we don’t defeat the monster, it will completely ______________ the city and leave nothing standing!

• Annihilate

• Insinuate

• Edict

• Prominent

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

I had to ________________ my holdings to pay off my ex-husband.

• Billet

• Prominent

• Edict

• Liquidate

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4