ELL Vocabulary Test #1

The woman was very _______ when she ordered her cheeseburger with no lettuce.

• avid
• brusque
• demean
• dispicable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

hateful; unpleasant; offensive

• barren

• narcissist

• odious

• meddle

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Typically, political candidates are expected to ____________ their political party's belief systems and policies.

• espouse

• larceny

• pervasive

• innate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word is an antonym for the word odious?

• foul

• pleasant

• distasteful

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

to sharpen

• dally 
• obtrude 
• hone
• gorge 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Rebecca Nurse seems to have a better understanding about the __________ of Salem than the other adults. She says that they have "silly seasons," and will stop acting strangely when they get tired of it.

• heathens

• fortifications

• posterity

• hysteria

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word is a synonym of the word posterity?

• past

• memory

• heirs

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which word is an antonym for the word espouse?

• champion

• forsake

• defend

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

what sentence demonstrates the word hone?

• Charles was assigned the distasteful task of laying off the entire division.

• My appetite was sharpened by the scent of the food.

• My father-in-law can be brusque and impatient.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which word is a synonym of "brusque"?

• short

• warm

• encouraging

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A