Worldly Wise Vocabulary 12 Lesson 1

Identify the antonym of the underlined word: The editor published a heartfelt encomium for the work of the Red Cross on the organization's centennial.

• Advetisement

• Tribute

• Condemnation

• Testimonial

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Complete the sentence: Dario's decision to take the earlier train suggested __________ when he learned that the later train had derailed.

• Sedulous

• Prescience

• Trenchant

• Demagoguery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Find the synonym of the underlined word: Though Dan cited several credible reasons for quitting the team, Jeanne's trenchant attack on his excuses forced him to admit that his real reason was his insecurity.

• Gentle

• Mean

• Angry

• Perceptive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Find the synonym of the underlined word: The children's writer searched for years for an illustrator to delineate her characters the way she imagined them.

• understand

• describe

• draw

• animate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Despite our pleadings, Maisie remained ___________ in her determination to hike the hazardous trail.

• Trenchant

• Obdurate

• Covert

• Prescience

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which of the following is most likely to engage in demagoguery?

• politician

• teacher

• designer

• accountant

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

Where are you most likely to find a protagonist?

• Courtroom

• Gym

• Novel

• Airplane

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

The intelligence operation was supposed to be ________, but sophisticated technology revealed it.

• Covert

• Trenchant

• Sedulous

• Bibulous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Supporters of prohibition believed that if people's bibulous tendencies could be _____ that a utopian society could be achieved.

• ignored

• encouraged

• abolished

• refined

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Susan insisted that she prefers linen napkins because they are more _______ than paper napkins.

• Trenchant

• Sedulous

• Bibulous

• Permanent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4