Dailey Vocabulary Assessment Weeks 1-7

Which of the following is NOT a synonym for emulate?

• copy

• imitate

• mock

• simulate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

Girade was simply too haughty for Amanda; as a result , she dumped him and started to date someone more humble. What was the best meaning of haughty as it is used in the sentence provided above?

• arrogant

• perfect

• generous

• disgusting

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CCSS.L.3.2F

If someone describes their boss as perfidious, then he thinks he is......

• reliable

• disloyal

• realistic

• irritating

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Read the passage below and use it to answer questions 4, 5, and 6.

Augustus had been unfairly imprisoned in Ecuador, but he had a surreptitious plan to escape. The first part of the plan involved him complaining of a festering wound that just wouldn't go away. After he had been sent to the prison hospital , he was going to quietly flee out the window. If all went as planned, he would be free and unscathed.

As it is used in the passage above, the best definition of surreptitious is

• creative

• confusing

• sneaky

• weak

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Using the text, and your knowledge of the vocabulary, which of te following is NOT a synonym for festering?

• aggravating

• worsening

• irritating

• opening

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

which of the following is an antonym for the vocabulary word unscathed?

• carefree

• confused

• harmed

• broken

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

If someone is forlorn, how are they feeling?

• excited

• lonely

• upset

• nervous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Directions: read the passage below and use it to help answer questions 8, 9, and 10.

The decision that was made was incontrovertible. There was no doubt about it, Carmen and Luis had to build a raft and try to float to safety. Though the couple had survived for three weeks after the calamity that had taken so many lives, there was simply no more food available on the island. Maintaining their equanimity, Luis and Carmen worked hard, and were successful in building their raft.

As it is used in the passage above, the best definition of incontrovertible is:

• digestible

• unquestionable

• debatable

• controversial

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Using the text, and the knowledge of the vocabulary, which of the following is NOT a synonym for calamity?

• disaster

• tragedy

• castastrophe

• heartbreak

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

How are the two characters acting if they are maintaining their equanimity?

• plain

• calm

• scared

• creative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4