Vocabulary Lesson 4

An _________________ person doesn't think about the consequences and might cross the street without looking both ways or use a curling iron while taking a bath.

• Placid

• Imprudent

• Evasive

• Indiscriminate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Placid means:

• visible

• willful

• modern

• serene

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which of the following would best be considered evasive?

• a sheet of paper

• an undercover spy

• a very evocative piece of music

• a sharp knife

The mayor refused to __________ as to his margin of victory in the election.

• Prognosticate

• Inundate

• Stipulate

• Replete

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The huge football player had a ____________________ appetite.

• Tangible

• Voracious

• Receding

• Placid

Which of the following is the best example of one person imploring another?

• someone begging another for mercy

• someone ordering a menu item from a waitress

• Someone disobeying another's rule

• someone redeeming a gift certificate with a cashier

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Inundate means to:

• indicate by signs

• cause to enter by penetrating the interstices

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• reduce the speed of

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A Palette is which of the following?

• A calm, tranquil setting

• A cliché, saying, proverb

• A spectrum, range of colors

• A vantage point, viewpoint, angle

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following would most likely be considered the most tangible?

• self-confidence

• a wad of dollar bills

• undocumented debts owed to friends

• the esteem of the entire community

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Anytime you draw up a legal agreement, you can a _________________ requirement that has to be met for that agreement to be complete.

• Prognosticate

• Implore

• Steep

• Stipulate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E