SS.Ep.06 "A little Degression" Vocab Quiz

Match the following vocab words to the correct defintion:

• unclear in meaning

• obstinate

• warm and sincere

• ambiguous

• not immediately obvious

• cordial

• stubborn

• paramount

• foremost; primary

• subtle

Please insert the correct word below:

The investigator came up with a list of suspects while engaging in a _______ with the missing student’s parents.

• conversation

• colloquy

• soporific

• sojourn

Use the word undaunted in a complete sentence:

drag and drop the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blanks below:

His ​​ (a)   identifed him as a New Yorker; his dialect wasn't ​ (b)   to everyone.

• vernacular
• amenable
• mélange
• appellation
• abortive

A synonym for a title or name is:

• author

• narrative

• appellation

• idiom

fill in the blank in each sentence with the correct vocabulary word:

• replicates

• The interior decorator came up with some modern ideas to ___ the drab walls in her home.

• obtuse

• The ____ donkey had a hard time understanding the simple commands from the trainer.

• revivify

• Some students say his lectures on US History are ____ and they have a hard staying awake.

• rebuke

• Mr. Beeken was forced to ____ the students for how they misbehaved for the substitute.

• soporific

• They are working on computer-generated speech that ____ the human voice.

Match the following vocabulary word with the correct sentence.

• My head began to hurt as I listened to the teacher's _____speech.

• somnolent

• An _____ to describe heavy rain is, "it's raining cats and dogs!"

• sojourn

• Feeling extremely ____ after her run, she could barely keep her eyes open.

• undaunted

• We had been planning this little ____ for several months prior to summer break.

• convoluted

• She was _____by the comments posted on her IG post.

• idiom

It was an _____ attempt to impeach the president, he continued his full term in office.

• amenable

• abortive

• ambiguous

• successful

The _______ by Langston Hughes "The Ways of White Folks" was one of his most famous works.

• narrative

• biography

• essay

• rap song

Langston Hughes's body of work is a ______ of the culture, music, and experiences of the people in Harlem, NY.

• vernacular

• idiom

• narrative

• mélange