Moran L7 Vocabulary

What is the meaning of the word
abhor?

• to remove. to erase
  
• being sullen or gloomy
  
• a large fire
  
• to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe
  

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of the word
accolade?

• a lack, a scarcity
  
• deceitfulness, duplicity
  
• praise, an award
  
• to appease or to pacify by making concessions
  

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the meaning of the word
ascetic?

• shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
  
• one who leads life of self-denial and contemplation, absent of luxury
  
• not believable
  
• piercing, incisive, and keen
  

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 meaning of the word
bequeath?

• to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
  
• showing high spirits
  
• nonconformity, disagreement; incompatibility
  
• lacking sophistication, narrow-minded
  

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 meaning of the word
charlatan?

• ability to use words fluently; fluent and glib
  
• qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion
  
• heavenly, usually delicate, light; lacking material substance, intangible
  
• one who claim to know something that he does not, a quack
  

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the meaning of the word
conflagration?

• to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe
  
• to remove. to erase
  
• a large fire
  
• being sullen or gloomy
  

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of the word
dearth?

• praise, an award
  
• a lack, a scarcity
  
• deceitfulness, duplicity
  
• to appease or to pacify by making concessions
  

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the meaning of the word
diffidence?

• shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
  
• one who leads life of self-denial and contemplation, absent of luxury
  
• not believable
  
• piercing, incisive, and keen
  

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the meaning of the word
effervescent?

• to hand down, to give or to leave in a will
  
• lacking sophistication, narrow-minded
  
• nonconformity, disagreement; incompatibility
  
• showing high spirits
  

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is the meaning of the word
ethereal?

• one who claim to know something that he does not, a quack
  
• qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion
  
• heavenly, usually delicate, light; lacking material substance, intangible
  
• ability to use words fluently; fluent and glib
  

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6