Vocab quiz 1- Version 2

From the three items given, choose the letter with the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

Only time and tender loving care can ____ the effects of war on a young child

• admonish

• predispose

• efface

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A band of ___ trapped the traveler on a lonely stretch of road and robbed him of all his belongings.

• Brigands

• Dilemmas

• Perennials

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The nurse sternly ___ the children not to cause a disturbance by running in the hospital lobby.

• Diffused

• admonished

• deadlocked

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Although ___ bursts of excellence came upon our soccer team's performance last night, they were not able to pull out a win.

• Spasmodic

• circumspect

• spurious

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

During a serious earthquake, even the strongest buildings may fall, sending off all kinds of ____ crashing to the ground.

• breach

• debris

• muddle

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word best fits the definition:

to seize for military or official use

• cumbersome

• comandeer

• diffuse

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What word best fits the definition:

stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind

• muddled

• spasmodic

• opinionated

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word best fits the definition:

to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

• salvage

• breach

• deadlock

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

Definition:

to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long- winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

• predisposed

• admonished

• diffused

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

• perennial

• dilemma

• salvage

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4