Vocabulary Quiz 7.3

Which two words have similar meanings?

• abominable and appalling

• eccentric and elusive

• keen and ruse

• abominable and eccentric

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

Access to clean drinking water is _________________ to human health.

• elusive

• ruse

• indispensable

• objective

Which word would fit in both these sentences?

When a sense such as sight or smell is ___________, it is strong and very sensitive. If you have a __________ interest in football, you are extremely interested in football.

• objective

• keen

• abominable

• indispensable

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

_____________ means to move from a higher place or level to a lower one.

It can also mean to arrive in large numbers.

• appalling

• descend

• elusive

• ruse

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

Criminals will try to be as _______________ as possible after a crime so they don't get caught.

• abominable

• keen

• elusive

• indispensable

With a week left in Quarter 3, my ___________ is to pass all my classes.

• objective

• ruse

• eccentric

• descend

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

If you want to get out of doing chores, a good ______________ is to say you can't find any of the cleaning supplies and then hide them all.

• objective

• keen

• ruse

• abominable

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A prank and a ___________ have similar meanings.

• ruse

• objective

• keen

• descend

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

An _____________ person acts or thinks (or might dress) differently than most people.

• elusive

• keen

• eccentric

• appalling

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

If something is __________, it is so bad or unpleasant that it's shocking.

• elusive

• indispensable

• appalling

• keen