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Vocabulary #8 12th grade

Authored by Madison D Brown

English

12th Grade

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Vocabulary #8 12th grade
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The word ________ is related to the Proto-Indo-European root "*kakka," and the word "defecate," as well as the Dutch/Afrikaans word, "kak," meaning excrement. For instance, if you say, "Jy is diep in die kak," this is Afrikaans for "you are in deep ****." Thus, this word ultimately means a ****** sound."

cacophony

avid

adamant

obdurate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

When Babe Ruth hit his seventh homerun of the game, the __________ in Yankee Stadium could be heard all the way to City Hall.

din

zealous

fervent

intractable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Whenever the bell rings at 3:06 to let students out for the day, it is a(n)_________ to them since many have been ready to leave since they got there in that morning.

euphony

strident

hidebound

ardent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The announcer's __________ voice ensured that he stayed busy making all sorts of commercials and voice-overs. He had a soothing voice.

mellifluous

strident

raucous

din

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The protesters during the latest coup in Burkina Faso were ______ and unruly with their shouts and taunts at the government officials as they stormed the presidential palace in Ouagadougou.

raucous

mellifluous

ardent

exuberant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The screeching and grating sounds of fingernails scraping across a chalkboard could also be described as _________.

strident

fervent

ardent

exuberant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The boy on the back row was so stubborn and __________ that he refused to turn the sound off on his phone during the test. The only course of action was to write him up.

recalcitrant

fervent

ardent

cacophony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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