Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of "biopsy"?

• The removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body

• A concise statement of a principle

• Freedom from pride or arrogance

• A gradual and cumulative effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "demise" refer to?

• Incapable of being satisfied

• Death; a cessation of existence

• Having reason or understanding

• A withdrawing or separation of a person

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which word means "incapable of being satisfied"?

• Nostalgia

• Humility

• Insatiable

• Anguish

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is an "aphorism"?

• A concise statement of a principle

• A wistful yearning for the past

• Severe mental or physical pain

• A withdrawing or separation of a person

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "humility" mean?

• ready to take place

• Having a gradual and cumulative effect

• Intruding where one is not welcome

• Freedom from pride or arrogance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the definition of "deferments"?

• To become loudly insistent

• Having reason or understanding

• The act of delaying or postponing

• Characterized by egotism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "lamented" mean?

• Mourned for

• Distrustful of human nature

• Having wasted away

• Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is "alienation"?

• A withdrawing or separation of a person

• A gradual and cumulative effect

• Severe mental or physical pain

• First in position, rank, or importance

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "atrophied" mean?

• Ready to take place

• Having wasted away or decreased in size

• Intruding where one is not welcome

• A concise statement of a principle

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the meaning of "cynical"?

• Contemptuously distrustful of human nature

• Having reason or understanding

• A wistful yearning for the past

• Severe mental or physical pain

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4