The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Quiz 1

Select the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence: "Andre was ___ for being late: his friends had taken to telling him they were meeting up an hour before the actual meeting time, but he still never made it on time."

• Contemptuous

• Notorious

• Apathetic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence: "After being betrayed by her best friend, Emma was quite ___ of others."

• Cynical

• Vehement

• Coherent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence: "We were excited to meet the movie star, but she spoke to us in such a ___ way that we felt insulted."

• Coherent

• Homogenous

• Condescending

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Select the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence: "The environmental activists were shocked by how ___ their local politicians were to pollution on the shoreline."

• Homogenous

• Apathetic

• Poignant

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

DeMari was so terrified that her explanation was completely ____.

• Notorious

• Contemptuous

• Incoherent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It was a ____ moment when the award show paused to pay tribute to actors who passed away.

• Poignant

• Cynical

• Ambiguous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Jin made his ____ for Carrie obvious when he said her comments weren’t even worth responding to.

• Vehemence

• Contempt

• Notoriety

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Karina ____ protested the new rules by writing strongly worded letters to all of her teachers.

• Condescendingly

• Ambiguously

• Vehemently

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Tom sorted his clothes by colors, making ____ groups.

• Homogeneous

• Coherent

• Poignant

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Olympia felt her teacher’s directions were ____ because, even after reading the assignment again, she still didn’t know where to begin.

• Cynical

• Contemptuous

• Ambiguous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4