Vocabulary List 8 Exam

​ (a)   is a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.

• Sycophant
• Flatterer
• Toady
• Guile

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Please define ubiquitous:

• Occasional, sporadic, or infrequent
• Limited, restricted, or confined
• Present, appearing, or found everywhere
• Rare, scarce, or uncommon

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Please define vehement:

• Mild
• Calm
• Gentle
• Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

_____ is a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.

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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

Please define zealotry:

• Moderate or indifferent devotion to a cause or belief
• Lack of interest in any cause or belief
• Excessive or fanatical devotion to a cause or belief
• Passionate and balanced devotion to a cause or belief

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Please define meticulous:

• Inattentive and negligent
• Careless and sloppy
• Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
• Rushed and hasty

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is guile?

• A musical instrument
• A type of fruit
• A type of clothing fabric
• Cunning or deceitful behavior

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Please define quell:

• To suppress or put an end to something
• To intensify or escalate something
• To ignore or overlook something
• To encourage or promote something

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Please define transient:

• Ephemeral or everlasting
• Permanent or long-lasting
• Temporary or not lasting for a long time
• Stable or enduring

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CCSS.L.3.2F

What is a place or deal with close together for contrasting effect?

• juxtaposition
• incessant

• harmonious
• zealotry

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5