Vocabulary Lesson 5 Review

What is an "anagram"?

• A claim or declaration stated positively

• Not revealing one's purpose or position

• Anything that drives or urges

• A word or phrase formed by changing the order of letters

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "assertion" mean?

• The long snout of an animal

• Impractically idealistic

• A guess based on little evidence

• The act of declaring something positively

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does the word "coherent" mean?

• Impossible to explain or understand

• Logically connected and consistent

• Marked by a romantic notion of noble ideas

• Not revealing one's purpose or position

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the meaning of "fulminate"?

• To denounce or explode suddenly

• A nose, especially a prominent one

• The act of declaring something positively

• Impractically idealistic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "goad" mean?

• Anything that drives or urges

• To denounce or explode suddenly

• Impossible to explain or understand

• A word formed by changing the order of letters

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which word means "impossible to explain or understand"?

• Fulminate

• Inexplicable

• Coherent

• Noncommittal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is the meaning of "Quixotic"?

• Marked by a romantic notion of noble ideas

• Logically connected and consistent

• A prod for driving cattle

• Not committing to any one position

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word describes someone who is not revealing their thoughts or feelings readily?

• Noncommittal

• Inexplicable

• Quixotic

• Fulminate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does "proboscis" refer to?

• To guess or suppose

• To denounce or explode suddenly

• A nose, especially a prominent one

• A word formed by changing the order of letters

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which word describes a guess based on little evidence?

• Assertion

• Proboscis

• Surmise

• Fulminate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D