Letter From Birmingham Jail Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of moratorium as used in paragraph 7?

• to cause something to happen

• a complete stop of a certain activity

• official permission or approval

• order or control

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To make an attack in return for a similar attack is to .....................

• retaliate

• mores

• complacency

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

The essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a society or community are ...................

• complacency

• mores

• cognizant

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

A feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements (gloating).

• precipitate

• retaliate

• complacency

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Having knowledge or awareness is being ................

• cognizant

• moratorium

• mores

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.

• provocation

• manifest

• precipitate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.

• moratorium

• mores

• precipitate

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.

• provocation

• complacency

• manifest

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He has promised to take tough measures to....................... against extremists.

• retaliate

• mores

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

I'm ........................of the fact that your client has tried to pay the debt.

• manifest

• cognizant

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.3

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A