Vocab Quiz 2

Demure (adj)

• someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure

• intending to cause harm

• showing a lack of care or thought

• shy or modest

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

sycophant (n)

• unable to be captured or broken into

• someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure

• wicked or criminal

• a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

pernicious (adj)

• intending to cause harm

• present, appearing, or found everywhere

• a forceful and bitter verbal attack

• a person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

ubiquitous (adj)

• Present, appearing, or found everywhere
• wicked or criminal

• unable to be captured or broken into

• shy or modest

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

non sequitur (n)

• present, appearing, or found everywhere

• someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure

• shy or modest

• a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

diatribe (n)

• a forceful and bitter verbal attack

• unable to be captured or broken into

• shy or modest

• a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Slipshod (adj)

• intending to cause harm

• shy or modest

• wicked or criminal

• showing a lack of care or thought

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

nefarious (adj)

• someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure

• a person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

• wicked or criminal

• unable to be captured or broken into

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

precursor (n)

• a person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

• shy or modest

• showing a lack of care or thought

• present, appearing, or found everywhere

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

impregnable (adj)

• present, appearing, or found everywhere

• a forceful and bitter verbal attack

• unable to be captured or broken into

• a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F