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General Academic Vocabulary 11-12

Authored by Chad Kopf

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11th Grade

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General Academic Vocabulary 11-12
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does conviction mean in the following sentence? Because the president believes in what she says, she speaks with conviction.

a firm belief in something; passionate

being aloof and not answering any questions

trying not convince someone to do something

showing that you just don't care about it

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does purport mean? People purport to have seen Big Foot, but no one has proven its existence.

to prove without a doubt something is true

to guess like a hypothesis

a claim or to have the main idea about something

none of the above are correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Some laws of physics have been thought to be immutable at least until new evidence changed scientific thinking. What is the meaning of immutable?

changing all the time

something that can change over time

never ending

never changing or not changeable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does inexorable mean? The powerless people were inexorable to do anything about the laws of their dictator.

changing all of the time

something that cannot be altered or changed

two answers are correct

none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What does proficient mean?

insufficient

not efficient at something

skilled at doing something; an expert

not good at anything

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One repercussion of recent flooding in the area was the closure of many roads. What does repercussion mean?

a law that has been broken

an effect or reaction to some event

what happens as a result of something

two of the answers are correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the word catalyst mean in this sentence?

Warm weather and rain was a catalyst in lowland flooding.

something to causes a change; a person or thing creating or bringing about change

status quo

something that stops something else

none of the answers are correct

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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