A Separate Peace Vocabulary Test

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Many leaders, like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are know for their _____________ and gave powerful speeches.

• Austere

• Eloquence

• Insidious

• Richochet

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

During World War II, the Japanese and the Germans were ____________ to the the Americans.

• prevailing

• formidable

• blitzkrieg

• adversaries

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Marcos sat on the riverbank and ____________ what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.

• contemplated

• enmity

• ventured

• undulated

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

If you are not feeling well, you may want to go to the __________ to get checked out by the nurse.

• foyer

• balustrade

• infirmary

• ensigns

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The car was __________ into the next lane and drivers had to swerve to miss it.

• trascended

• erratic

• veering

• vindicated

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The student was _____________ by the teacher for cheating on the math test.

• grimacing

• reprimanded

• pruned

• paganism

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

__________ of people were standing outside the comic book shop to be the first fans to get the newest copy of the Superman comic book.

• A rationing

• A cacophony

• A convoy

• Multitudes

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The __________ was called to give a prayer for the men who were being sent off to war.

• bespoke

• benefactress

• chaplain

• paganism

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

When you graduate from Patriot High School, you will be a(n) ______.

• pontiff

• alumni

• invalid

• valedictorian

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The little sister had __________ toward her older sister, because she was allowed to go to the movies with her friends.

• resentment

• waggishly

• preposterous

• qualms

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4