Vocabulary #3

What is the definition for adversary?

• an enemy

• to turn away

• a skillful or ingenious device

• to compel

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To turn away is the definition for...

• Craven

• Culinary

• Demise

• Alienate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Fill in the blank--Magicians rely on sleight of hand and other forms of ______ to deceive their unsuspecting audiences.

• Exhilarate

• Artifice

• Fallow

• Harass

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which word correctly completes the following statement: The critics unanimously praised the actor for the (urbane, punitive) charm with which he played the well-bred English gentleman.

• Urbane

• Punitive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word correctly fills in this statement:

The highlight of my trip to Europe came when I (sojourned, redressed) in the birthplace of my ancestors.

• Redressed

• Sojourned

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Choose the word that is a synonym to the underlined word:

planned on a permanent stay

• Inclement

• Perpetuate

• Sojourn

• Precedent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Fill in the blank--During an ________ New England winter, heavy snowfalls may bring highway traffic to a standstill.

• Inclement

• Urbane

• Fallow

• Punitive

What is the definition for culinary?

• to enliven

• to disturb

• of or related to cooking

• to pay a debt

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

To force is the definition for...

• Muse

• Liquidate

• Negligible

• Coerce

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Choose the word that is a synonym to the underlined word:

a trivial increase in take-home pay

• Negligible

• Precedent

• Punitive

• Redress

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A