Roots, Affixes, Synonyms, Antonyms
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English
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"In return for your four confinements and all your labour in the fields, what have you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?"
What does confinement mean, as used in the sentence above?
the state of being enclosed
the state of being held together
the state of being moved to one place
the state of being kept from going to a specific place
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5C
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“At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.”
Which word would best replace ensconced in the above sentence?
dislodged
exposed
comfortable
established
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4A
CCSS.L.7.4A
CCSS.L.7.5B
CCSS.L.8.4A
CCSS.L.9-10.4A
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“He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark--for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.”
What does cynical mean as used in the sentence above?
confident
distrustful
hopeless
doubtful
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RL.1.4
4.
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1 min • 1 pt
“Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others.”
What word would best replace prosperity in the sentence above?
luck
fortune
well-being
livelihood
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What word means to not believe in someone or something?
misunderstand
incredible
uncredited
discredit
Tags
CCSS.L.3.4C
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.RF.3.3A
CCSS.RF.3.3B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“The soil of England is fertile.”
How would you rewrite “fertile” so that the meaning is not able to produce?
infertile
disfertile
antifertile
overfertile
Tags
CCSS.L.3.4C
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
CCSS.L.3.4B
CCSS.RF.3.3A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
“He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom.”
What word would best replace seized in the sentence above?
placed
grabbed
stole
held
Tags
CCSS.L.2.4B
CCSS.L.3.2E
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