Just Mercy Vocabulary

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English
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11th Grade
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Amy Altenberg
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Clemency, which was granted to my uncle, means giving a pardon to a person convicted of a crime.
What type of context clue is used in the sentence above?
synonym
example
definition
antonym
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of these are synonyms for "nullifies", except:
voids
terminates
invalidates
continues
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one of these is an antonym for adept:
unskilled
happy
shallow
very deep
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When you can figure out the meaning of something (such as an unknown word) based on the situation being described, this is called:
moratorium
miscegenation
synonyms
inference
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The teacher's proximity to me made it impossible to cheat.
Based on this sentence, the word proximity probably means:
watchfulness
far distance
closeness
hate
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
When someone is found guilty, but their jail sentence is commuted, it means that their punishment has:
been reduced to one less severe.
had them transferred to a different jail.
earned them the death sentence.
been forgiven.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a false statement is made about someone, and it is unjustly harmful to his or her reputation, it is called:
recantation
peonage
recidivism
defamation
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
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