Review Unit 7-9

a closet filled with tacky outfits

• menial

• tawdry

• parry

• haggard

delete an irrelevant clause

• ravage

• convey

• excise

• acme

Choose the word that corresponds to the following definition: a person who switches to an opposing side

• belittle

• turncoat

• predatory

• juncture

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Choose the word that corresponds to the following definition: preying on, plundering, or piratical

• predatory

• belittle

• turncoat

• attribute

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Choose the word that corresponds to the following definition: to roll about in a clumsy or helpless way

• stance

• belittle

• tawdry

• wallow

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Choose the word that corresponds to the following definition: a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something

• stance

• unassuming

• attribute

• convey

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

The article on Plato in the encyclopedia contained a brief summary of the basic _____ of his philosophy.

• acme

• doctrine

• excise

• juncture

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Choose the best word to complete the sentence:

No one knows for sure exactly who wrote the final lines in Hamlet, but many scholars _____ them to one of Shakespeare's contemporaries.

• excise

• ravage

• belittle

• attribute

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

After many long nights studying fro finals and eating only ramen noodles, the college freshman came home looking worn and _____.

• unassuming

• exotic

• haggard

• tawdry

Tawdry

• Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste.

• To roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way.

• lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity.

• thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F