Sophomore Week 5 Vocabulary Quiz

Gloomy or morose

• Superfluous

• reticent

• Sullen

• Toxic

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

• Reticent

• Zenith

• Fallacious

• Lackluster

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

poisonous

• combustible
• induce
• inert ingredient
• toxic

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

oppressively solemn or sober in mood; grave.

• somber

• dehumanization

• alienation

• sullen

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted

• hperbole

• versatile

• gratuitous

• somber

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word ZENITH mean?

• a patio or balcony
• to be powerful and violent
• the point in the sky directly overhead
• to move in an unsteady way

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

based on a mistaken belief.

• fallacious

• disconsolate

• chagrin

• rhetorical

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.

• versatile
• concoction
• recluse
• fragrance

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

coming at a bad time; not appropriate

• inopportune

• fidelity

• gratuitous

• destitute

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4