Vocabulary • Ch 4 - Brave New World • Definitions

What is the definition of 'compose'?

• To destroy completely, wipe out entirely

• To create or make something, like a song

• Saying one thing but doing another

• Being in a dazed or unconscious state

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What word means the time between daylight and darkness?

• twilight

• despair

• manifest

• cordial

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What word means feeling very sad and hopeless?

• despair

• compose

• horizontal

• annihilate

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What word means to show or make clear?

• respective

• manifest

• prejudice

• stupor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is the definition of 'rapture'?

• Being in a dazed or unconscious state

• Having bad intentions or wanting to harm

• A feeling of extreme happiness or joy

• Feeling very unhappy or miserable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the definition of 'afflict'?

• Judging someone without knowing them

• To destroy completely, wipe out entirely

• To cause someone to suffer or be in pain

• Being in a dazed or unconscious state

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What word means judging someone without knowing them?

• cordial

• respective

• prejudice

• afflict

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the definition of 'plaintive'?

• To cause someone to suffer or be in pain

• Sounding sad and mournful

• Friendly and warm in a polite way

• The time between daylight and darkness

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the definition of 'wretched'?

• Saying one thing but doing another

• Belonging to each individual or thing

• Feeling very unhappy or miserable

• The time between daylight and darkness

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What word means shared by a group or community?

• queue

• cordial

• plaintive

• communal

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C