English Quiz vocab Wed Oct 19th

Chide

• made, done, happening, or chosen without method or conscious decision.

• understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.

• scold or rebuke.

• potato

Taut

• mikhail kalashnikov

• stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

• Carrot

• belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic.

Answer explanation

stretched or pulled tight; not slack. is Taut

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Ravished

• You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the conciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you his blessing and protection.With unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a greatful rememberance of your kind and generous consideration for myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell.

• seize and carry off (someone) by force.

• charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.

• resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.

Answer explanation

seize and carry off (someone) by force. Is Ravished

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Preferment

• Onion

• a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains.

• a cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake.

• promotion or appointment to a position or office.

Answer explanation

promotion or appointment to a position or office. Is Preferment

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

disconcerted

• Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605

• unsettled or confused.

• Most of the devices written about so far in this chapter

  are legal, with regulations placed on their application, but

  the very possession of certain jamming devices is illegal.

  These jamming devices basically destroy the effectiveness

  of a bug rather than locate it. The reason the Federal Com-

  munications Commission has put strict regulations on these

  is the effect they have on other means of communications,

  such as completely destroying AM radio reception, render-

  ing TV sets useless, making communications on police

  band radios impossible, and even to some degree interfer-

  ing with aircraft communications. To be truly effective as

  anti-bugging devices they must cover the whole spectrum of

  radio frequencies, which in turn will cause interference to

  other outside receivers and transmitters. For this reason

  control is of the essence. When determining what exactly

  you wish to jam, you must also determine the frequency to

  be used, so as not to interfere with other signals. If you de-

  cide to use a jamming device for an illegal purpose, you

  must at all costs maintain mobility. (Jamming from the

  back of a moving truck has been proven effective.) Mobil

  ity is necessary,

  because the FCC also employs detecting

• the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

Answer explanation

unsettled or confused. Is disconcerted

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Impervious

• not allowing fluid to pass through.

• extremely impressive.

• a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.

• filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement.

Answer explanation

not allowing fluid to pass through. is Impervious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Exulting

• a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

• the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth

• feeling or showing elation or jubilation.

• any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.

Answer explanation

feeling or showing elation or jubilation. Is Exulting

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Glowered

• something (such as a message) that is published online

• a large farm, especially in the western US and Canada, where cattle or other animals are bred and raised.

• have an angry or sullen look on one's face; scowl.

• pitter patter lets get at er

Answer explanation

have an angry or sullen look on one's face; scowl. Is Glowered

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

ambrosia

• pass the tongue over (something) in order to taste, moisten, or clean it

• having a strong or unpleasant smell.

• having a very pleasant taste or smell

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Lavished

• a marriage ceremony, especially considered as including the associated celebrations.

• bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.

• the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

• a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education.

Answer explanation

bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on. Is

Lavished

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4