Vocabulary List

Which word means publicize, promote, advertise or praise excessively?

• propitiate

• tout

• preamble

• recant

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

To appease, soothe or pacify is to:

• plummet

• tout

• recant

• propitiate

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which is an antonym for florid?

• plain

• floral

• talkative

• decorative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

This weekend, the temperature will ________ to below 30 degrees.

• precipitate

• tout

• plummet

• propitiate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which verb means to strip, deprive or take away?

• propitiate

• tout

• plummet

• divest

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Although Latrell does not speak much in class, put a cellphone in her hand and you'll see how ______________ she can be!

• loquacious

• anachronistic

• compliant

• fatuous

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The opposite of preamble is:

• aftergamble

• introduction

• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Gabrielle's argument was so ______________ that we could not follow all the twists and turns.

• convoluted

• compliant

• florid

• impassive

Which word means a model of perfection; pattern of excellence?

• aragon

• florid

• zenith

• paragon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

After graduation, I got a good job despite the negative comments from teachers throughout my high school years. I learned to ignore them and now I am ____________ to criticism.

• convoluted

• impassive

• impervious

• ignorant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4