Vocabulary Quiz

Which of the following best describes "cognizant"?

• Ignorant

• Aware

• Uninformed

• Forgetful

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

He was fully ______ of the potential risks involved in the project.

• cognizant

• transgressive

• retaliatory

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which word is a synonym for "retaliation"?

• Forgiveness

• Revenge

• Peace

• Harmony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

What does "transgress" mean?

• To comply with others' expectations

• To obey the law and religious code

• To break the law or religious code

• To agree with someone verbally, while believing the opposite

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following best describes "disenfranchisement"?

• Empowerment of the right to vote

• Liberation and freedom to cast votes

• Deprivation of rights to vote

• Celebration of the outcome of elections

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

The movement sought to end the _______ of minority groups.

• disenfranchisement

• ominous

• impunity

• plurality

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

The dark clouds were _______ signs of the approaching storm.

• ominous

• retaliatory

• prerogative

• pluraltiy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What does "paradoxical" mean?

• Logical

• Self-Contradictory and/or illogical

• Predictable

• Consistent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

It is _______ that we must sometimes be cruel to be kind.

• paradoxical

• ominous

• transgression

• prerogative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which word is a synonym for "cognizant"?

• Unaware

• Mindful

• Oblivious

• Forgetful

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6