Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of 'Deferment'?

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• combustible, flammable, burning easily or tending to excite or inflame

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Define 'Obfuscate'.

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• to confuse; to bewilder

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Explain 'Amortize'.

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• Gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an asset

• combustible, flammable, burning easily or tending to excite or inflame

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Describe 'Resplendent'.

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• shining; glowing

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

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 'Bourgeois' mean?

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is a 'Polemic'?

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

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 'Rescind' mean?

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• to repeal, cancel

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Define 'Incendiary'.

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• combustible, flammable, burning easily or tending to excite or inflame

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is 'Napalm'?

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• combustible, flammable, burning easily or tending to excite or inflame

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does 'Platitude' mean?

• a commonplace, stale, or trite remark

• postponement

• combustible, flammable, burning easily or tending to excite or inflame

• a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4