Unit 8 Vocabulary

Match the term to its definition:

Allay

• to corrupt or debase

• to make better; to improve

• to reduce the intensity of; relieve; pacify

• to honor or celebrate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Match the term to its definition:

Unwieldy

• not easily managed, handled, or used

• stubbornly resistant

• two-faced, falseness

• incapable of listening

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Based on context, infer which word will correctly complete the sentence:

During the awards ceremony, the host is expected to ______ Leonardo DiCaprio for his performance in "The Revenant."

• Extradite

• Ameliorate

• Inveigh

• Lionize

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Match the term to its definition:

Inveigh

• beyond doubt; unquestionable

• to protest, oppose

• to subjugate

• not easily managed, handled, or used

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

Match the term to its definition:

Vitiate

• beyond doubt; unquestionable

• a church official

• to reduce the value of; to corrupt or debase

• to lesson the intensity of

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Based on context, infer which word will correctly complete the sentence:

I can't believe the ________ of the Senators who voted to increase their pay yet wouldn't increase minimum wage.

• Hypocrisy

• Exegesis

• Recalcitrant

• Unimpeachable

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Based on context, infer which word will correctly complete the sentence:

The U.S. government sought to _______ the dangerous drug lord to his home country.

• Inveigh

• Vitiate

• Allay

• Extradite

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Match the term to its definition:

Exegesis

• roughness or harshness; severity

• to lesson the intensity of

• an analysis; interpretation of

• to release an accused criminal to another jurisdiction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Match the term to its definition:

Asperity

• to make better; improve

• roughness or harshness; severity

• wasteful; immoral

• rejection; abandonment

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Based on context, infer which word will correctly complete the sentence:

The _______ donkey sat down and refused to move any further down the trail.

• Vitiate

• Profligate

• Unimpeachable

• Recalcitrant

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6