LOTF ch. 2-3 Vocabulary Quiz

excessively eager to deliver unasked-for or unwanted help

• officious

• opaque

• incredulous

• oppressive

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

long, harsh speech or verbal attack

• contrite

• inscrutable

• tacit

• tirade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

adorn (a place) with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations.

• errant

• festoon

• tendril

• gesticulate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

• incredulous

• opaque

• errant

• contrite

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

disbelieving, skeptical

• incredulous

• inscrutable

• tumult

• tacit

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words

• inscrutable

• taut

• gesticulate

• declivity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

wandering or straying

• errant

• pall

• taut

• tumult

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

• contrite

• inscrutable

• tirade

• officious

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support.

• opaque

• tacit

• tumult

• tendril

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a downward slope or bend

• tumult

• sufficient

• declivity

• tirade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4