Vocabulary

Complete the sentence: The millionaire built himself a maze-like mansion that had dozens of _____ corridors.

• exuberant

• protuberant

• fulminating

• labyrinthine

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Complete the sentence: Gianna ​approached the ​ ______   house ​ _____  ; she'd lost a bet and had no choice but to touch the creepy abandoned building.

• infallible; raptly

• untenanted; listlessly

• mahogany; diligently

• stolid, listlessly

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Kevin's stolid expression helped calm his classmates who were extremely anxious about the vocabulary quiz."

Explain in your own words why a stolid expression would have a calming effect on Kevin's nervous classmates. Do not simply give the definition of stolid.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Gabe kept describing the theory of quantum physics, but the concept was so ______ that his classmates just stared at him in confusion.

• nebulous

• vacuous

• effeminate

• irreverent

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Though her pet cat, Boots, could not respond, Rosemary was sure that her loving feelings for the animal were _______ when Boots would fall asleep in her lap.

• garrulous

• superfluous

• forlorn

• reciprocal

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Write your own sentence in which you use the word "incongruous" correctly, making sure to use context clues to demonstrate your knowledge.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which of our vocabulary words means, "to deny the truth or validity of"?

(a)  

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Joe's _____ was exposed when Liam realized he had knowingly traded him a fake Pokemon card!

• duplicity

• precociousness

• virulence

• sequestration

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

"Kayla spoke with such passionate excitement about her love of books that the librarian offered her an assistantship after school."

Type the vocabulary word that matches the underlined portion of the sentence.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Explain in your own words what it means to "expostulate" and use it correctly in a sentence of your own making.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4