Vocabulary Quiz - Quarter 1

FINDING HOPE FROM SADNESS

In each of the places where the planes went down, there are commemorations.     

 

As used in the excerpt above, commemoration most nearly means… 

 

2.  

 

• 1. Continuously 

• 2. For a short period of time

• 3. To honor an important event 

• 4. By mandate only 

FINDING HOPE FROM SADNESS

I recognized hardship in other people’s lives a lot more easily, and I have compassion for them.   

 

As used in the excerpt above, compassion most nearly means… 

 

• 1. To examine closely 

• 2. To avoid or ignore 

• 3. To feel the same suffering 

• 4. To write a limerick 

FINDING HOPE FROM SADNESS

“Having lost a loved one adds to the amount of empathy that I can have for a person,” says Weinberg.   

 

As used in the excerpt above, empathy most nearly means… 

 

2.  

• 1. Repeated multiple times 

• 2. The ability to identify with a person

• 3. In a predictable order 

• 4. With no consequences imagined 

FINDING HOPE FROM SADNESS

After recognizing how forensic science helped provide answers for her family, Lindsay got a master’s degree in it, and she is now an outreach investigator.  

 

As used in the excerpt above, forensic science most nearly means… 

 

1.  

• 1. A field of study related to nursing

• 2. A field of study related to crime 

• 3. A field of study related to archaeology 

• 4. A field of study related to teaching 

A DAY AMERICANS CAN CELEBRATE 

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day does not only commemorate the signing of the landmark document, but it also celebrates all American citizens.  

 

As used in the excerpt above, commemorate most nearly means… 

 

 

 

• 1. Something that accurately predicts what will happen 

• 2. Something that prevents something else from being done 

• 3. Something that gives severe consequences for wrongdoing 

• 1. Something that honors an important event or person from the past 

A DAY AMERICANS CAN CELEBRATE 

Morris was a Pennsylvania delegate who spoke out against enslavement giving more speeches than any other delegate. 

 

As used in the excerpt above, delegate most nearly means… 

 

• 1. A person who works in a corrections facility 

• 2. A person who works at a bank 

• 3. A person who does not represent others 

• 4. A person who is chosen or elected to vote or act for others 

A DAY AMERICANS CAN CELEBRATE 

Fifty-five men gathered in Philadelphia to conceal the men’s zeal for dismantling the nation’s rocky foundation and build a new one. 

 

As used in the excerpt above, dismantling most nearly means… 

 

2.  

• 1. To strengthen and build on the foundation of an establishment 

• 2. To copy text from a document 

• 3. To destroy something in an orderly way to gradually cause something to end 

• 4. To empower citizens to purchase items in stores for half price 

A DAY AMERICANS CAN CELEBRATE 

Morris’s eloquent words help explain why the Constitution’s signing and American citizenship are celebrated on the same day. 

 

As used in the excerpt above, eloquent most nearly means… 

 

• 1. Remembering what was said yesterday 

• 2. Clearly showing feeling or meaning 

• 3. Unable to show feeling or meaning 

• 4. Poorly chosen words 

MIXING BOOKS AND BEATS

You might memorize lists of 15 unfamiliar words while listening to music of different genres, with different tempos, including mid-tempo, at different volumes. 

 

 

As used in the excerpt above, mid-tempo most nearly means… 

 

• 1. Incapable of remembering 

• 2. Specific to a certain age group 

• 3. Having to do with technology 

• 4. Not fast or slow; medium range 

MIXING BOOKS AND BEATS 

See what mix of books and beats primes your mind for optimal learning. 

 

As used in the excerpt above, optimal most nearly means… 

 

• 1. The way someone acts or behaves 

• 2. The set of circumstances or facts that surrounds something 

• 3. Flawed thinking in a well-constructed argument 

• 4. The best or most favorable