"Fall of the House of Usher"
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause."
desolate
trepidation
melancholy
insipid
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness."
deplorable
desolate
impetuous
pestilent
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "destroy utterly; obliterate; defeat utterly."
trepidation
succumbed
inexplicable
annihilate
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "destructive to life; deadly."
melancholy
insipid
trepidation
pestilent
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen."
annihilate
trepidation
insipid
deplorable
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "lacking flavor; lacking vigor or interest."
inexplicable
impetuous
deplorable
insipid
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This word means "deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad in quality."
insipid
deplorable
inexplicable
impetuous
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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