Argument Vocab List 11

What does the word "Irascible" mean?

• Used of riotously drunken merrymaking

• Quickly aroused to anger

• Effusively or insincerely emotional

• Expel from a community or group

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word describes someone who is "used of riotously drunken merrymaking"?

• Bacchanalian

• Mercenary

• Avarice

• Jettison

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of the word "Maudlin"?

• Hand over to the authorities of another country

• Effusively or insincerely emotional

• A person hired to fight for another country than their own

• Throw away, of something encumbering

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does it mean to "Extradite" someone?

• Expel from a community or group

• Quickly aroused to anger

• Hand over to the authorities of another country

• Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word refers to "a person hired to fight for another country than their own"?

• Mercenary

• Bacchanalian

• Ostracize

• Jettison

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "Avarice" mean?

• Throw away, of something encumbering

• Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

• Effusively or insincerely emotional

• Used of riotously drunken merrymaking

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 meaning of the word "Jettison"?

• Quickly aroused to anger

• Expel from a community or group

• Throw away, of something encumbering

• Hand over to the authorities of another country

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does it mean to "Ostracize" someone?

• Effusively or insincerely emotional

• Expel from a community or group

• A person hired to fight for another country than their own

• Used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E