Sadlier - Oxford Level C Unit 6 Vocab

What is a pen name, name assumed by a writer

• pseudonym

• articulate

• purge

• resolute

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is to wash away impurities, clean up; the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively

• retentive

• forthright

• purge

• scapegoat

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 premonition?

• to make over in good form; to restore to good condition or to a former position

• delicate skill; tact and cleverness; to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgment, or skillful evasion

• great mental suffering, distress, or pain; to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow

• forewarning or foreboding of a future event

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

an imperfection, flaw, or blemish of some kind; to desert a cause or organization → defect

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

embarrassed, ashamed, or non plussed → instill

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the correct definition of instill?

• an effect or consequence of some action or event, result; an echo or reverberation

• to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in

• to make over in good form; to restore to good condition or to a former position

• bold, determined; firm

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

to exclude from a group, banish, send away → ostracize

• true

• false

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: Good citizens don't try to remain _____________ from the problems and troubles in their communities.

• genial

• forthright

• bask

• aloof

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Although every form of government has its ____________, democracy has more pluses and fewer minuses than any other.

• anguish

• retentive

• defects

• premonition

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

After the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, the American people were _______________ in their determination to defeat the fascist powers.

• flaunt

• purge

• resolute

• retentive