Vocabulary Quiz- English Apps- Chap 2

When Sarah and I were asked to collaborate on an article for the school newspaper, we found it difficult to work together. Several writers and editors have collaborated in preparing this vocabulary text, sharing their knowledge and skills. Choose the best response:

• to compete

• to stop work

• to act as a team

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Devon becomes despondent too easily. If he even gets one bad grade, he loses all hope of succeeding in school! For months after his wife died, Mr. Craig was despondent. No matter how hard they tried, his family and friends could not cheer him up. Choose the best response:

• ill

• depressed

• angry

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The rock group’s violent performance instigated a riot in the audience. An English Captain named Robert Jenkins instigated a war in 1738 by displaying his pickled ear, which he said had been cut off by Spanish Patrol. He horrified British declared war on Spain—the “War of Jenkin’s ear.” Choose the best response:

• to prevent

• to predict

• to cause

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Children can be amazingly resilient. Even after a frightening experience, they often bounce back to their normal cheerful selves. Plant life is resilient. For example, a few weeks after Mount Saint Helens volcano erupted in Washington in 1980, flowers were growing in the ashes. Choose the best response:

• widespread

• slow to recover

• quick to recover

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

After hobbling around on her broken foot for a week before seeing a doctor, May then needed surgery. In retrospect, it’s clear she should have gotten help sooner. When I took Ms. Klein’s writing course, I thought she was too demanding. In retrospect, though, I realize that she taught me more than anyone else. Choose the best response:

• looking back

• looking for excuses

• looking ahead

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

The grammar book usually starts with rudimentary skills, such as identifying nouns and verbs. I am so used to adding and subtracting on a calculator that I’ve probably forgotten how to do those rudimentary mathematical calculations on my own. Choose the best response:

• basic

• intermediate

• advanced

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Bystanders scoffed at the street musician playing a tune on a roll of tin cans, but he seemed unaware that people were making fun of him. Tony scoffed at reports that a hurricane was coming until he saw the winds knocking down trees and overturning cars. What does "scoff" mean in this context?

• laugh at

• to watch

• to take seriously

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

My history teacher shot me a dirty look during class when I couldn’t quite manage to squelch a burp. Decades of Communism in Eastern Europe did not squelch the desire for freedom. As soon as they could, the people in these countries began to form democracies. What does "squelch" mean in this context?

• to encourage

• to hold back

• to release

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CCSS.L.5.5C

The Tlingit Indians venerate the wolf and the raven, and their totem poles illustrate stories of praise of these animals. The guests at our dean’s retirement banquet made it clear that they venerated her; when she entered the room, everyone rose. What does "venerate" mean in this context?

• to pity

• to honor

• to remember

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Annie, a zealot about health, runs a hundred miles a week and never lets a grain of sugar touch her lips. The Crusaders were Christian zealots during the Middle Ages who left their homes and families and went off to try to capture the Holy Land. What does "zealot" mean in this context?

• an extremist

• an observer

• a doubter

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D