Vocabulary Quiz 4

What is the definition of "Winnow"?

• The ability to blow

• The ability to swim

• The ability to run

• The ability to jump

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

What does "Cleave" mean?

• To join together

• To split or sever something

• To build something

• To create a bond

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a "Vacancy"?

• A full space

• An empty space

• A crowded area

• A busy street

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does "Sustain" mean?

• To weaken

• To support physically or mentally

• To ignore

• To destroy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of "Vague"?

• Clear and precise

• Uncertain, indefinite, or unclear

• Bright and colorful

• Sharp and focused

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

The student asked if they could turn in their missing work tomorrow but the teacher said “It would be in __________ because grades are due today.”

• futile

• sustain

• cleave

• liberty

• vain

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Be careful, it would be __________ to assume that he will win.

• rash

• liberty

• vacancy

• veer

• hasty

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Do the new laws restrict individual __________?

• sustain

• cleave

• vain

• liberty

• freedom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The old building was a __________ of dark corridors.

• labyrinth

• vain

• maze

• rash

• cleave

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word describes "a complex network of paths"?

• labyrinth

• vague

• winnow

• rash

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4