10th Grade Vocab - Quiz 5

Choose the best definition for condescension.

• The state of being calm, peaceful, & untroubled.

• An attitude of patronizing superiority & disdain.

• Never done or known before.

• An outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant reality.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the best definition for "shrill."

• (of a voice or sound) high-pitched & piercing

• An outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant reality

• Never done or known before

• An act of asking for information

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the best definition for "serenity"

• An attitude of patronizing superiority & disdain.

• An appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant reality.

• The state of being calm, peaceful, & untroubled.

• Never known or done before.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the best definition for "inquiry"

• Never known or done before.

• The state of being calm, peaceful, & untroubled.

• (of voice or sound) high-pitched & piercing.

• An act of asking for information.

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

Select the correct definition for "facade"

• (of voice or sound) high-pitched & piercing

• An outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant reality

• Never done or known before

• Never done or known before

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the correct definition for "unprecedented"

• The state of being calm, peaceful, & untroubled

• An attitude of patronizing superiority & disdain

• An act of asking for information

• Never done or known before

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Virtual reality technology has become a(n)​ technology that allows people to leave behind the worries of the present.

• Inquiry

• Facade

• Escapist

• Serenity

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

As a student, your ______ is your homework.

• Onus

• Facade

• Escapist

• Inquiry

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Certain smells can ______ a feeling of comfort; this is how I feel when I smell cookies baking in the oven.

• Serenity

• Facade

• Ingenuous

• Evoke

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Match "translucent" with its best synonym

• Honest

• Visual

• Intuitive

• Crystalline

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4