Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of "alien"?

• A citizen of another country; foreign, strange

• An angry argument

• Hard to do, requiring much effort

• Favorable; fortunate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means "an angry argument"?

• Arduous

• Altercation

• Brigand

• Circumspect

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 "arduous" mean?

• Favorable; fortunate

• Careful, cautious

• Hard to do, requiring much effort

• To seize for military or official use

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word describes someone who is "careful, cautious"?

• Circumspect

• Dissolute

• Fated

• Opinionated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of "proliferate"?

• To pardon or overlook

• To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

• To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

• A deliberately deceptive movement

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What does "dilemma" refer to?

• A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

• A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces

• Loose in one's morals or behavior

• Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which word means "to disagree"?

• Dissolute

• Dissent

• Efface

• Feint

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is the definition of "paramount"?

• Chief in importance, above all others

• Not having life; without energy or spirit

• Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas

• A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

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 the word "rectify" mean?

• To make right, correct

• To bring to an end

• To save from fire or shipwreck

• To overcome, rise above

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

What is the meaning of "salvage"?

• To give way to superior force

• To save from fire or shipwreck

• To make, manufacture

• To be brief and to the point

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4