Fiske 8: Gloomy Words

Fiske 8: Gloomy Words

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Fiske 8: Gloomy Words

Fiske 8: Gloomy Words

Assessment

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English

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.1.6, L.5.4B, RL.11-12.6

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Gloomy, often to an exaggerated degree; from the Latin for "mournful"

lugubrious

apathetic

Saturnine

miasma

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

gloomy in a bitter, sarcastic or mocking way; from the name of a Roman god

funereal

dearth

Saturnine

miasma

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a poisonous atmosphere or influence; from Greek for "pollution" or "stain"

funereal

dearth

melancholy

miasma

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

related to the grief and gloom of a burial ceremony

funereal

dearth

melancholy

sepulchral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

not enough of something, or perhaps none of it at all

morose

dearth

melancholy

sepulchral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an older term for "depression"; based on the root word cholic, or black bile

morose

crapulous

melancholy

sepulchral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

descriptive of a burial place, or the mummies one would find there

morose

crapulous

lugubrious

sepulchral

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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