Weekly Vocabulary #21--9.1

Which word means "physically mentally destructive or harmful to human beings"?

• Noxious

• Accost

• Quagmire

• Vacillation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What term describes "an extremely large number; many"?

• Beatific

• Myriad

• Somber

• Vacillation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which word refers to "listlessness; weariness; fatigue; stupor"?

• Noxious

• Quagmire

• Garrulous

• Lassitude

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What word means "to swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another"?

• Lassitude

• Vacillation

• Myriad

• Beatific

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which term describes something as "dark, dull; gloomy; grave; serious"?

• Somber

• Accost

• Beatific

• Myriad

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

If someone is described as "very talkative, loquacious," they are being referred to as:

• Nuance

• Garrulous

• Somber

• Accost

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A "subtle variation in color, meaning, or some other quality" is known as:

• Quagmire

• Nuance

• Somber

• Beatific

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

If you "approach and confront; speak to someone boldly or aggressively," you are said to:

• Beatific

• Nuance

• Accost

• Lassitude

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What word best fits the definition of "displaying or imparting joy; emitting or imparting joy"?

• Vacillation

• Beatific

• Garrulous

• Myriad

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When someone is in "a difficult or precarious situation; a predicament," they are in a:

• Lassitude

• Quagmire

• Noxious

• Garrulous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E