LOF Ch. 1 Vocabulary

What is the meaning of "efflorescence"?

• Be lazy or idle

• The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

• Wrap in or as if in strips of cloth

• Characterized by propriety and dignity

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the definition of "loll"?

• Be lazy or idle

• A state of deep-seated ill-will

• Characterized by propriety and dignity

• The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What does "swathe" mean?

• Wrap in or as if in strips of cloth

• The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

• Deceptively pleasing

• Be or come between

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

What does "enmity" mean?

• A state of deep-seated ill-will

• Characterized by propriety and dignity

• The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

• Deceptively pleasing

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is the definition of "decorous"?

• Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste

• Be or come between

• Wrap in or as if in strips of cloth

• The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which word means "deceptively pleasing"?

• Specious

• Interpose

• Effulgence

• Enmity

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Which word means "wrap in or as if in strips of cloth"?

• Swathe

• Effulgence

• Interpose

• Specious

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

Which word is defined as "the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light"?

• Effulgence

• Enmity

• Decorous

• Proffer

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

What does the word "strident" mean?

• Pleasantly soft and gentle

• Unpleasantly loud and harsh

• Quiet and soothing

• Soft and melodious

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word describes someone who is not willing to believe something?

• Furtive

• Incredulous

• Immure

• Pallor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A