Freshman Vocabulary Test 4

Which word means briefness of duration; shortness; the quality of being concise or to the point?

• nostalgic

• affluent

• embellish

• brevity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the BEST answer:

Molly was _____________ over the death of her beloved grandmother.

• despondent

• perky

• giddy

• glum

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

downhearted; hopeless

• despondent

• rudimentary

• squelch

• zealot

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

To cause to vanish; alleviate.

• Dispel

• Fabricate

• Adjudicated

• Disinter

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

conceited; selfish

• vain

• egotistical

• swagger

• amble

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

•difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

• Nomad

• Vanquished

• Enigmatic

• Pliable

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Definition: to bother repeatedly; to torment

• harass

• destitute

• foreign

• jumble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

in a way which cannot be accounted for or explained

• murmur
• incisive
• inexplicable
• indistinct

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(v) distorted or depicted unfairly

• skewed
• squandered
• asserted
• statisticked

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The sled hit a bump and __________ sharply, tossing both children into the snow.

• skewed

• dilemma

• summoned

• roused

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C