Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 10 Students

What does it mean to embroider?

• To decorate by sewing patterns

• To confine in prison

• To move in a circle quickly

• To make an emotional appeal

What does it mean to be incarcerated?

• To decorate by sewing patterns

• To confine in prison

• To move in a circle quickly

• To make an emotional appeal

How would you describe something that is scraggly?

• Ragged, thin, or untidy in appearance

• To gently and persistently persuade someone

• Public condemnation of someone

• Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

What does it mean to coax someone?

• To decorate by sewing patterns

• To confine in prison

• To gently and persistently persuade someone

• To make an emotional appeal

What does denunciation mean?

• To decorate by sewing patterns

• To confine in prison

• Public condemnation of someone

• Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

How would you describe someone who is capricious?

• Ragged, thin, or untidy in appearance

• To gently and persistently persuade someone

• Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

• To move in a circle quickly

What does it mean to gyrate?

• To decorate by sewing patterns

• To confine in prison

• To move in a circle quickly

• To make an emotional appeal

What does it mean to plead?

• To decorate by sewing patterns

• To confine in prison

• To gently and persistently persuade someone

• To make an emotional appeal

What is a synapse?

• The point of contact between two neurons where information is passed

• An original bountiful source of something

• Characterized by subtle shades of meaning

• Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

What is a wellspring?

• The point of contact between two neurons where information is passed

• An original bountiful source of something

• Characterized by subtle shades of meaning

• Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class