Vocabulary test

Something is ___________ means that it is short and clear, as a summary or even a definition, expressing what needs to be said covered much in few words, without unnecessary words.

• Wordy

• Concise

• Proflix

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

__________ is a word used to describe a short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done; usually narrated or shared orally.

• Episode

• Yarn

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When you are drawing conclusions about something based on how it seems and not on proof, it is called a __________.

• Prove

• Conjecture

• View

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To __________ something is to control or limit something that is not wanted, this word is most commonly used in describing the reduction or limitation of negative forces such as violence, corruption, or pollution.

• Encourage

• Foster

• Curb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Do you know which one is a synonym for LIGHT?

• Illuminate

• Quell

• Prevail

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

cancel out, make ineffective or invalid, deny

• immigrate

• conform

• negate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

restrain, keep within close bounds, confine

• administrate

• constrain

• precede

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

reckon, make mathematical calculation

• compute

• albeit

• restrain

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

randomly chosen, determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

• minor

• preliminary

• arbitrary

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

randomly chosen, determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle

• coincide

• enforce

• coordinate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4