"Then, at the apex, the grass was thick again because no one sat there." What does "apex" mean?

• the root

• the uppermost point

• the grey cement

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"The vivid horror of this, so possible and so nakedly terrifying, held them all silent." What does "vivid" mean in this context?

• lively, very strong impression on the senses

• anxious

• beautiful

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"The derisive laughter that rose had fear in it and condemnation." What does "derisive" mean in this context?

• expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn

• having to do with nature

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Tacitly means "expressed or carried on without words or speech" choose the sentence(s) which use this word correctly.

• "Tacitly admitting that he remembered the unmentionable, Ralph nodded to Piggy."

• Tacitly by the silence and the refusal the assembly broke into a chant.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"At first he was a silent effigy of sorrow; but then the lamentation rose out of him, loud and sustained as the conch" What does "effigy" mean in this sentence?

• an image or representation especially of a person

  especially : a crude figure representing a hated person

• having to give up or resign

• the reaction of someone loved

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

___________ means "to make a moaning or sighing sound." Which word fits best :

admirable

apex

sough

*TYPE THE WORD OUT

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"A shadow fronted him tempestuously." What do you think "tempestuously" in this means?

• turbulent or stormy

• cold

• happily

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"lying in the long grass, was living through circumstances in which the incantation of his address was powerless to help him." Incantation in this context means "a written or recited formula of words designed to produce a particular effect." is this true?

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4