GED Vocab1

What word best describes a situation that is very difficult and involves a lot of effort?

• Plight

• Strenuous

• Gaunt

• Calamity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word refers to a large-scale departure or flight of people?

• Endeavor

• Exile

• Exodus

• Retinue

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What term is used to describe something that can be felt or touched?

• Palpable

• Flamboyant

• Tentatively

• Warble

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others?

• Triumphant

• Draconian

• Wretched

• Unrelenting

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the term for a complex network of paths or passages?

• Labyrinth

• Agronomy

• Municipal

• Rudimentary

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 word is used to describe the act of gathering together or accumulating?

• Philanthropy

• Thwarted

• Amassed

• Famine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which word refers to the love of humanity and the act of giving to others?

• Vital

• Philanthropy

• Metallurgic

• Exterminate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What term is used to describe something that is absolutely necessary or essential?

• Prestige

• Vital

• Panacea

• Inevitable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What word means to prevent someone from accomplishing something?

• Thwarted

• Devise

• Reconcile

• Lucrative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which word is used to describe the scientific study of insects?

• Metallurgic

• Entomology

• Agony

• Indefatigable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4