Vocabulary Quiz

What does 'tentative' mean?

• Unwilling to believe

• Certain and fixed

• Provisional and not certain

• Loud and harsh

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of 'furtive'?

• Prolonged unjust treatment

• Feeling tired

• Attempting to avoid notice due to guilt

• Open and honest

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does 'raucous' describe?

• A clever escape

• A state of disbelief

• A harsh or disturbingly loud sound

• A soft and gentle sound

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is 'incredulity'?

• A feeling of weariness

• An attempt to avoid notice

• A hint or suggestion

• The state of being unwilling or unable to believe something

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 'evade' mean?

• To suggest or hint at something

• To escape or avoid, especially by cleverness

• To feel tired

• To treat someone unjustly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Feeling or showing tiredness, especially as the result of excessive work or lack of sleep

• raucous

• weary

• incredulity

• evade

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control

• Racism

• Uplift

• Oppression
• Unjust

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To suggest or hint at something

• suggest
• declare
• state
• insinuate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Match the following words to their synonym.

• boisterous

• furtive

• avoid

• evade

• unfixed

• tentative

• fatigued

• raucous

• secretive

• exhausted

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Match the words with their definitions

• harsh or disturbingly loud sound

• incredulity

• suggest or hint at

• raucous

• Unwilling to believe something

• furtive

• secretive; avoiding notice

• oppression

• prolonged cruel or unjust treatment

• insinuate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6