Period 3/4 Memoir Vocabulary Review Quiz

What does the word 'happenstance' mean?

• A historical event

• A type of dance

• A coincidence

• A dangerous situation

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word means 'not harmful or offensive'?

• Scurry

• Debonair

• Innocuous

• Propulsion

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What is the meaning of 'lucrative'?

• Producing a great deal of profit

• Requiring immediate action

• Difficult to understand

• Legally binding

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word describes 'a large gathering with a festive atmosphere'?

• Consolation

• Infraction

• Jamboree

• Milieu

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What does 'idyllic' mean?

• To give up a position

• A small defect

• Marked by great effort

• Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which word is synonymous with 'determination'?

• Debonair

• Doggedness

• Adorn

• Feasible

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does 'aptitude' refer to?

• A natural ability to do something

• A formal event or ceremony

• A small, quick movement

• An act of decorating or adding beauty

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which term means 'to give up or surrender something'?

• Scrutiny

• Relinquish

• Lucrative

• Integral

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does 'synthesize' mean?

• To combine a number of things into a coherent whole

• To move quickly with small, short steps

• To exclude from a group or list

• To decorate or add beauty to something

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which word refers to 'a social or religious philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship'?

• Secular

• Debonair

• Propulsion

• Consolation

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4