Building Vocabulary Unit 1 Lesson 5

What is the term for the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epidemic

• Epicenter

• Epilogue

• Epigram

Which term refers to a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time?

• Epidermis

• Epiphany

• Epidemic

• Epistle

What is the outermost layer of skin called?

• Epilogue

• Epidermis

• Epitaph

• Epigram

What is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement called?

• Epigram

• Epistle

• Epidemic

• Epiphany

What is the term for a section at the end of a book that serves as a comment or conclusion to what has happened?

• Epilogue

• Epicenter

• Epidermis

• Epistle

What is the term for a sudden, intuitive perception or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something?

• Epitaph

• Epiphany

• Epigram

• Epidemic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the term for a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication?

• Epistle

• Epilogue

• Epidermis

• Epicenter

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the term for an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there?

• Epigram

• Epitaph

• Epistle

• Epiphany

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

QUESTION 2

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

QUESTION 1

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2