DC American Lit Vocabulary January

They got married in a barn because they wanted a ________ setting for their wedding.

• bucolic

• derisive

• quirky

• conjecture

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

Many African Americans who moved North during the Great Migration felt this way;

to feel that something or someone is not as good as you thought.

• Intrepid
• Conspire
• Clandestine
• Disillusioned

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

The ___________ of Indianapolis neighborhoods has forced many low-income families to move out.

• conjecture

• blockbusting

• gentrification

• dissemination

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

To bring two ideas or people back together

• reconcile

• reconciled

• reconcilement

• reconciler

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

impressed firmly on the mind; established deeply

• sage

• ingrained

• disclose

• clarify

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

I was embarrassed after my boss ________ me in front of my coworkers.

• Beleaguered

• Bedraggled

• Belated

• Berated

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

_______________ is a desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another.

• Malice
• Malevolent
• Malfunction
• Malignant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

furtive

• slow poke

• stealthy

• confused

• talkative

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

Believing a falsehood or deceit

• guidance

• delusional

• fiery

• exaggerated

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

This Advil should _______ your pain.

• alleviate

• conjecture

• derisify

• alacrity

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