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Words of the Day

Authored by Anisa Reyna

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Words of the Day
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition of: encumbur

marked by uncontrollable exuberance : unruly

clear and transparent

to impede or hamper the function or activity: hamper

something that softens or soothes

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition of: Ruddy

tedious, wearisome

having a healthy reddish color

joint, connection

untidy or unruly

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition of: Juncture

point of time

existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread

next to puncture

to have the specious appearance of being, intending or claiming

(something implied or inferred)

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition of: Sisyphean

of relating to, suggestive of the labor of Sisyphus; requiring continual or ineffective effort

to make a careful or detailed search for information

absolutely serene and untroubled

a spring that is the source of a stream

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition of: Cronyism

favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship

in a sidling or cautiously indirect manner

partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications

a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition of: Translucent

permitting the passage of light:

: transmitting and diffusing light so that objects beyond cannot be seen clearly

marked by uncontrollable exuberance : unruly

to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice

a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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