9th-Grade Lit: Unit 1 Vocab

Synonym: gruesome or gory

• provincial
• hackneyed
• lurid
• petulant

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

During WWII, the Allies formed a ______ to fight Germany.

• approbation
• prerogative
• intercede
• coalition

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

The health teacher called Ms. Iswari's bowl of candy "the height of _________."

• expostulate
• innuendo
• umbrage
• decadence

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The teacher's questions were designed to _______ ideas from the class.

• elicit
• assuage
• intercede
• transcend

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Approbation means the expression of disapproval.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Belle wanted to escape her narrow-minded village when she sang "There must be more than this ________ life."

• petulant
• unctuous
• provincial
• jaded

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Antonym: pleasure, delight

• umbrage
• hiatus
• petulant
• meritorious

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The heroic doctor was praised for her ________ actions.

• hackneyed
• meritorious
• decadent
• lurid

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The school went on ________ when a COVID outbreak made everyone too sick to study.

• hiatus
• approbation
• simulation
• umbrage

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The ________ actress yawned and rolled her eyes when she won her fourth Oscar.

• simulated
• transcendent
• jaded
• meritorious

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4