The Crucible Acts III & IV

Which of the following is an example of contemptuous behavior?

• booing a public speaker

• welcoming an honored guest

• contacting an old classmate

• interviewing a controversial author

Grudge means:

• violent agitation

• uneasiness about the fitness of an action

• a sudden desire

• a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Cynical means:

• believing the worst of human nature and motives

• very thin especially from disease or hunger

• sticking fast (No idea what this means, but it's on the test)

• lacking stimulating characteristics

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Cantankerous means:

• diaphanous

• retroactive

• palliative

• stubborn

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

pragmatist

• someone who dislikes people

• someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

• a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

• a person who takes a practical approach to problems

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

skeptic means:

• a person with authority to allot or deal out apportion

• someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

• traveler who moves from one region or country to another

• a person authorized to act for another

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Pugnacious means:

• tough

• quixotic

• migratory

• cryptic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

belligerent means:

• aggressive

• gaudy

• straightforward

• abject

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Contentious means:

• not worthy of reliance or trust

• involving or likely to cause controversy

• of or relating to spheres

• somewhat ill or prone to illness

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Since the dreadful news affected everyone deeply, the mood was___________and unrelieved by laughter and gaiety.

• tacit

• reticent

• somber

• wistful

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4