Vocabulary Lesson 2 Quiz

Subvert means

• To make clean again

• To upset; to overthrow: to ruin

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means excessively willing to yield or submissive?

• Submit

• Suburb

• Subservient

• Substance

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word means to twist or bend out of shape?

• Contort

• Extort

• Tort

• Torque

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Distort means

• to change something to make it false

• to reply quickly and sharply

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation?

• Distort

• Retort

• Contort

• Extort

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Tortuous means

• Having many twists and turns, or tricky

• A quick , witty reply

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word means hardship or misfortune?

• Anniversary

• Adversity

• Advertisement

• Divert

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Avert means

• To go toward

• To turn away or to prevent

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward?

• Introvert

• Extrovert

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Perverse means

• Going forward

• Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F