Vocabulary Quiz Part 1 for Grade 11 Students

What does the term "piety" refer to?

• Lack of interest in religious practices

• Devotion and reverence to God or religious principles

• A state of being unaware of dangers

• An expression of joy

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following best describes "complacency"?

• A feeling of dissatisfaction

• Self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies

• A rapid increase in numbers

• An expression of adoration

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does the verb "proliferate" mean?

• To decrease in numbers

• To remain constant

• To increase rapidly in numbers; multiply

• To express joy

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

The term "hosanna" is an expression of what?

• Discontent

• Adoration, praise, or joy

• Intelligence

• Obsession

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which word describes something that is lacking intelligence or is empty?

• Sentient

• Scrupulous

• Vacuous

• Vestigial

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does it mean to "fetishize" something?

• To ignore it completely

• To have an excessive and irrational devotion or obsession with something

• To treat it as of lesser importance

• To perceive or feel it

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following best describes a "scrupulous" person?

• Careless and inattentive

• Diligent, thorough, and attentive to details

• Lacking intelligence

• Unable to perceive or feel things

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does it mean to "subordinate" something?

• To treat or regard as of lesser importance or rank

• To increase its importance

• To express joy about it

• To obsess over it

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does the term "sentient" mean?

• Unable to perceive or feel things

• Able to perceive or feel things

• Lacking intelligence

• A small remnant of something

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

Which word describes something that is a small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable?

• Piety

• Complacency

• Vestigial

• Proliferate

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4