Gatsby Ch. 7-9 Vocabulary Quiz

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary term:

The _______ of her speech was nearly perfect, everyone cheered when she finished!

• garrulous

• forlorn

• elocution

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Gatsby stood _____ outside Daisy's house desperately waiting for a sign she would come to him.

• abandoned

• forlorned

• indiscernible

• portentous

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

Match the following vocabulary word to the synonym:

• talkative

• indiscernible

• fail

• lapse

• unnoticeable

• garrulous

• heavy

• laden

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The ____ black clouds indicated that a storm was coming.

• portentous

• superfluous

• vicarious

• evil

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

Match the following vocab word to the defintion:

• to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess;

• tentative

• exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

• vicarious

• performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

• tumult

• a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.

• superfluous

• experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant

• surmise

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A