DE English 1001 vocabulary week 3

What is a conundrum?

• a simple problem

• a confusing and difficult problem or question

• an unsolvable problem

• a common problem

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What does it mean to collaborate?

• to work alone

• to compete

• to work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something

• to avoid work

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is camaraderie?

• mutual distrust

• mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together

• loneliness

• professional relationship

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does it mean to aspire?

• to give up

• to have no ambition

• to direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something

• to achieve everything

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is an attribute?

• a flaw

• a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something

• an external factor

• a temporary feature

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does archaic mean?

• modern language

• language no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor

• formal language

• slang

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does comprise mean?

• to exclude

• to consist of; be made up of

• to simplify

• to be incomplete

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does adamant mean?

• refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind

• easily persuaded

• open to change

• undecided

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is an anecdote?

• a long boring story

• a fictional story

• a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

• a serious story

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D