Vocab Unit 1 review

What is an antonym for approbation?

• condemnation

• intensify

• pause

• rise

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is a definition for hackneyed?

• worthy

• used so often as to lack freshness or originality

• a combination or union

• causing shock, horror, or revulsion

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

What word best completes the sentence?

She will _________________________________ in the dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again.

Choose the right word to complete the sentence:

I enjoy science-fiction movies, as they provide a short but exciting (umbrage, hiatus) from the problems of life.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What's a synonym for unctuous?

• pretend

• perk

• fawning

• affect

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which is NOT a synonym for petulant?

• irritable

• testy

• upset

• naive

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Choose the best word to complete the sentence.

How can you accuse me of employing (umbrage, innuendo) when I am saying in the plainest possible language that I think you're a crook.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the definition for transcend?

• delight

• to rise above or beyond

• amiable

• pause

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is a definition for lurid?

• Causing shock, horror or revulsion

• to plead on behalf of someone else

• wearied, worn out

• decline or decay

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which word best completes the sentence?

Who would have thought he would take (prerogative, umbrage) at an email from a friend who only wanted to help?

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E