Vocabulary Review 4
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English
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. An inscription, as on a statue or building.
2. A motto or quotation, as at the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme.
conundrum
epigram
epigraph
epithet
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1 a. A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
1 a. A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
b. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
2. A disparaging or abusive word or phrase.
conundrum
epigram
epigraph
epithet
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.
2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma
conundrum
epigram
epigraph
epithet
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.
2. A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement.
3. Epigrammatic discourse or expression.
conundrum
epigram
epigraph
epithet
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. To cause to lose composure; embarrass or confuse: He was disconcerted by the teacher's angry tone.
2. To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange.
impromptu
disconcerting
dishearten
disseminate
Tags
CCSS.L.2.4B
CCSS.L.3.2E
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. Prompted by the occasion rather than being planned in advance
2. Spoken, performed, done, or composed with little or no preparation; extemporaneous
(adv.) With little or no preparation; extemporaneously.
(n.) 1. Something, such as a speech, that is made or done extemporaneously.
2. Music A short composition, especially for the piano, performed in an offhand or extemporized style.
impromptu
disconcerting
dishearten
disseminate
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.
2. To spread abroad; promulgate
impromptu
disconcerting
dishearten
disseminate
Tags
CCSS.L.2.4B
CCSS.L.3.2E
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