Vocabulary Quiz 5

A sudden failure or fiasco.

• Blithe

• Debacle

• Obnoxious

• Specious

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Persisting in existence; not easily dispelled.

• Anomaly

• Curmudgeon

• Insidious

• Tenacious

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

• Interior

• Anomaly

• Insidious

• Splendid

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

A bad-tempered person, especially an old one.

• Curmudgeon

• Obsolete

• Pretentious

• Insidious

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.

• Curmudgeon

• Anomaly

• Debacle

• Tenacious

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Extremely unpleasant.

• Obnoxious

• Debacle

• Tenacious

• Anomaly

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

1. showy but cheap and of poor quality.

• tawdry

• lament

• specious

• monastic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

1. to express sorrow or grief; to mourn

• tawdry

• lament

• specious

• monastic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

1. resembling the secluded, dedicated, or self-disciplined lifestyle characteristics of a monastery.

• tawdry

• lament

• specious

• monastic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

1. deceptively attractive / misleading in appearance; seemingly plausible

• tawdry

• lament

• specious

• monastic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5