General Midterm Vocabulary List

What does the word "accost" mean?

• To avoid or shun

• To confront in a challenging or aggressive way

• To express strong disapproval

• To imitate with intent to surpass

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word describes someone who is intensely eager?

• Feckless

• Avid

• Distraught

• Coherent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of "banal"?

• Swift and rapid

• Hackneyed, trite, commonplace

• Relevant and appropriate

• To bring to light

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "celerity" refer to?

• Slowness and delay

• Intense eagerness

• Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

• To disguise or conceal

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "gambit" mean in chess?

• A defensive move

• An opening move that involves risk or sacrifice

• A strategy to avoid confrontation

• A method to express disapproval

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does the word "halcyon" mean?

• Turbulent and chaotic

• Calm, peaceful, and prosperous

• Loud and disruptive

• Dark and gloomy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word describes something that is theatrical and melodramatic?

• Insatiable

• Intransigent

• Histrionic

• Nefarious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of "intransigent"?

• Willing to compromise

• Easily persuaded

• Refusing to compromise

• Open to negotiation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word means "generosity in giving"?

• Largesse

• Maelstrom

• Propinquity

• Verbiage

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "nefarious" mean?

• Kind and generous

• Wicked and depraved

• Honest and trustworthy

• Calm and peaceful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4