General Academic Vocabulary 11-12

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

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

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

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

What does proficient mean?

• insufficient

• not efficient at something

• skilled at doing something; an expert

• not good at anything

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

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.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The girl all of a sudden had an epiphany and solved her math problem. What does epiphany mean?

• knowing how to do something all along

• flash of insight and understanding all of a sudden

• not knowing how to do something

• not caring about how to do something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The teacher can engender respect of his students by giving them clear guidance and support. What does the verb engender mean in this sentence?

• to bring about change all of a sudden

• to create; produce; cause something to happen

• to motivate

• to disengage

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

With the widespread use of digital technology; especially the internet, newspapers and magazines are becoming an anachronism in our society. What does anachronism mean?

• out of date

• something occurring in its proper time

• something occurring out of its proper time

• just the right amount of something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C