9th grade week 12 vocab

Which of the following is the correct definition of 'sardonic'?

• friendly and outgoing
• grimly or scornfully mocking
• serious and focused
• overly neat, precise, proper, or formal

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does the word 'incessant' mean?

• complicated; difficult to understand
• occurring or published after death
• never stopping, going on all the time
• simple, easy to understand

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which of the following is the correct definition of 'intricate'?

• occurring or published after death
• easy to understand, clear, rational, sane
• complicated; difficult to understand
• never stopping, going on all the time

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word 'lucid' mean?

• never stopping, going on all the time
• complicated; difficult to understand
• occurring or published after death
• easy to understand, clear, rational, sane

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

How are the words 'superfluous' and 'supplant' different?

• they are unrelated
• they are synonyms
• they are antonyms
• they have the same meaning

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of the following is an example of being 'tenacious'?

• changing your mind frequently
• being disorganized
• holding fast and being persistent
• giving up easily

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does it mean to be 'prim'?

• overly neat, precise, proper, or formal
• messy and disorganized
• friendly and outgoing
• serious and focused

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Which of the following is an example of a 'posthumous' event?

• a graduation
• a funeral
• a wedding
• a birthday party

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

to jeer at, mock, an insulting or mocking remark

• Supplant

• taunt

• heckle

• berate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

holding fast; holding together firmly, persistent 

• supplant

• prim

• tenacious

• lucid

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E