Vocabulary Check-In (III)

Which word describes someone who is annoyed and angry, often due to perceived unfair treatment?

• Penitent

• Indignant

• Myopic

• Pejorative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the term for a characteristic or ability that is present from birth?

• Innate

• Prodigy

• Quintessential

• Portentous

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 having an unquenchable appetite or desire?

• Insatiable

• Meritorious

• Reproach

• Salient

What word describes something that plays a crucial role in achieving a result?

• Instrumental

• Ostensibly

• Tangential

• Vulgar

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which word means exercising good judgment or common sense?

• Judicious

• Notorious

• Patronize

• Refute

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the term for a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition?

• Menagerie

• Syntax

• Wanderlust

• Wield

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means deserving of praise or recognition?

• Meritorious

• Repugnant

• Slavish

• Undermine

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What word describes a lack of foresight or discernment?

• Myopic

• Penitent

• Posit

• Quintessential

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word means being famous or well-known for a negative reason?

• Notorious

• Salient

• Tangential

• Vulgar

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What word means appearing to be true, but not necessarily so?

• Ostensibly

• Patronize

• Refute

• Reproach

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C