Vocabulary & Poetry Review Quiz 4

Matt's ___?___ happiness about accepting Jesus Christ as Savior was a joy for all to see.

• lucrative

• overt

Rachel always seemed to ask for a(n) ___?___ from many of her friends.

• boon

• harangue

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The poison of evolutionary teaching can have a(n) ___?___ effect on the beliefs of our young people.

• desultory

• pernicious

The four doctors held a meeting to discuss the patients' ___?___ test results.

• anomalous

• baneful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Father found a(n) ___?___ job for a few weeks to supplement his income.

• nocturnal

• pragmatic

The ___?___ notes that I took in class made it easy for me to study for final examinations.

• copious

• nefarious

Politicians sometimes ___?___ at giving straight answers to avoid losing points in the polls.

• mollify

• demur

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Match the following

• retrospect

• deserving blame

• arduous

• to test one's endurance

• posthumous

• a looking back on the past

• culpable

• occurring or appearing after one's death

• preclude

• to make impossible by previous action; prevent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match the following

• mundane

• joking

• volatile

• changing unpredictably

• harangue

• a loud, noisy, or scolding speech

• facetious

• pertaining to the world

• precocious

• developed or matured before the usual time

Match each synonym with the correct vocabulary word

• derogatory

• obscure

• mollify

• surly

• esoteric

• ferocious

• feral

• pacify

• acrimonious

• belittling

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A