English II Test Vocabulary

What part of speech is flotsam as it is used in the sentence: "the whole, huge space felt like a room without furniture, except for the bend of flotsam that lined the beach.”

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

Floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo

• Sardonic

• Flotsam

• Boisterous

• Profusely

"the whole, huge space felt like a room without furniture, except for the bend of _________ that lined the beach.”

What part of speech is inferiority in the sentence: "It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority.”-Letter from Birmingham Jail

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

• conjunction

Of poor quality: low or lower in quality

• Fanaticism

• Reluctantly

• Inferiority

• Nonconformist

“It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of ___________.”-Letter from Birmingham Jail

What part of speech is sardonic in the sentence: "A sardonic smile ghosted his mouth.”

• Adverb

• Interjection

• Adjective

• Conjunction

Disdainfully or skeptically humorous: derisively mocking

• Reluctantly

• Sardonic

• Boisterous

• Gainsaying

“A _______ smile ghosted his mouth.”

What part of speech is fanaticism in the sentence: "because men with hard faces do violent things, because fanaticism seizes and shrinks minds, is no reason for    the rest of us to abandon our song.”

• Pronoun

• Conjunction

• Interjection

• Noun