Hidden Figures Vocabulary Quiz #3

Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

• Defray

• Ingenuity

• Audacious

• Unabashed

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence

• Aficionado

• Defray

• Dither

• Dogged

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Having or showing an interest in learning things; curious

• Inquisitive

• Ingenuity

• Audacious

• Esoteric

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed

• Dither

• Impugn

• Prowess

• Unabashed

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

• Esoteric

• Forestall

• Gumption

• Zeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The student ranking second highest in a graduating class who delivers an address or oration

• Prowess

• Salutatorian

• Aficionado

• Inquisitive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Restrict something within limits; Draw a figure around another, touching it at points but not cutting it

• Dither

• Scrawl

• Circumscribe

• Guild

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Write something in a hurried, careless way

• Dither

• Scrawl

• Circumscribe

• Guild

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Provide money to pay a cost or expense

• Defray

• Acquit

• Impugn

• Gumption

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective

• Esoteric

• Forestall

• Gumption

• Zeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4