Into Thin Air Vocab Quiz

Select the best definition for:  DETERIORATE

• To improve gradually
• To remain constant
• To become progressively worse
• To rapidly increase

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Select the best definition for:  INNOCUOUS

• Harmful or likely to cause damage
• Not harmful or offensive
• Causing a lot of disagreement or argument
• Very unusual and deserving attention

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Select the best definition for:  NOTORIOUS

• Famous for something bad
• Famous for something good
• Unknown for something bad
• Unknown for something good

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the best definition for:  BENIGN

• Having a kind and gentle disposition or appearance
• Being extremely wicked or cruel
• Having a harmful effect
• Being extremely strict or severe

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the best definition for:  APEX

• The highest point or top of a shape or object
• A type of monkey found in the Amazon rainforest
• A popular video game developed by Respawn Entertainment
• A brand of sportswear

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Select the best definition for:  TRAVERSE

• To travel or pass across, over, or through
• To remain stationary
• To avoid or evade
• To ascend or climb

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Select the best definition for:  JEOPARDIZE

• To put something or someone in danger or at risk
• To protect something or someone from danger
• To ignore something or someone in danger
• To save something or someone from danger

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What part of speech is: DETERIORATE

• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Select the best definition for:  CRUCIAL

• Of little or no importance
• Of moderate importance
• Of great significance or value
• Of no significance or value

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Select the best definition for:  TENUOUS

• Having little substance or strength; flimsy, weak
• Having a strong or robust constitution
• Being in a state of rest or tranquility
• Having a high degree of heat or a high temperature

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4