Vocabulary unit 2 Upstream C1

"Quandary" means:

• inquiry.

• dilemma.

• crux.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The antonym of "dismay" is:

• panic.

• consternation.

• pleasure.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

An "escapist yarn" is:

• a story that avoids attention.

• a story that is based on a loom.

• a story that leads the way into an imaginary world.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The song benefited from a... rendition.

• rousing

• wishful

• chilly

"Pristine" is an adjective that describes mainly:

• landscape or an element of the landscape.

• people.

• food.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"Gnarled" can describe:

• colours.

• branches and hands.

• a text.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The antonym of "debilitating" is:

• weakening

• sapping

• vitalizing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Something gruelling is also challenging.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Putting someone down in public means putting them through humiliation.

• True.

• False.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Embarking on a journey means

• heading for a voyage.

• setting off on a voyage.

• putting off a voyage.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A