Level F, Unit 4

A written fragment that cannot be decoded or understood is:

• jaded

• lurid

• inscrutable

• inadvertent

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is the opposite of surly?

• vitriolic

• hackneyed

• affable

• inhospitable

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.6

A person who is easily annoyed and who complains constantly could be described as:

• querulous

• unflappable

• unctuous

• stoical

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

To argue with someone against something is to:

• abominate

• exhort

• ascribe

• remonstrate

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Another word for formless is:

• callow

• intrinsic

• remote

• amorphous

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the following might you use to describe a speech that attacks a political opponent using coarsely abusive language?

• nominal

• restrained

• provincial

• scurrilous

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Which of the following words could NOT be used to replace erudite?

• scholarly

• ignorantmodel

• learned

• well-read

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

Which of the following could be used to replace aggrandized?

• celebrated

• diminished

• magical

• augmented

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

Aura is used to indicate that superheroes have qualities that are:

• distinctive

• shocking

• ordinary

• misunderstood

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

illegal or prohibited traffic in goods:

• mysterious

• eerie

• contraband

• insular