Wordly Wise 10 L 9

Aesop's fables are ___ tales; their morals are intended to teach lessons.

• cautionary
• entertaining
• teaching
• informing

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The off-key singer made an ________exit from the stage, foregoing the encore he had planned.

• entertaining
• ignominious
• ordinary
• shameful

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CCSS.L.3.2F

"Vegetable" is sometimes considered to be a _____ for the tomato, since tomatoes are actually classified as fruits.

• name
• magnate
• vestige
• misnomer

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Andrew Carnegie was the steel ____ who endowed 2,800 libraries across the country.

• misnomer
• quixotic
• magnate
• ignominious

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To confine, inhibit or hold back by force or necessity.

• praise
• control
• incur
• constrain

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CCSS.L.3.2F

To get rid of; to kill or destroy

• incur
• destroy
• liquidate
• relocate

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

To settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash.

• liquidate
• cautionary
• destroy
• disperse

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Burdensome; Oppressive

• tenacious
• vestige
• quixotic
• onerous

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CCSS.L.3.2F

A fleet of boats or small ships

• misnomer
• zephyr
• flotilla
• vestige

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt.

• incur
• liquidate
• praise
• favors

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C