Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 6

What is the meaning of the word "privy"?

• A document of a person’s experience

• Knowledge of something secret or private

• A harsh mixture of sounds

• A machine with a heavy blade

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word describes a brain disease with memory loss typically affecting older people?

• Dementia

• Anorexic

• Forlorn

• Blasé

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does the word "entice" mean?

• To exclude someone from a group

• To attract or tempt by offering an advantage

• To evaluate the nature, ability, or quality of

• To cut off a limb by surgical operation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is a "saguaro"?

• A sweet drink flavored with the plant sarsaparilla

• A giant cactus that can grow to 66 feet in height

• A small open cubicle from which goods are sold

• A person who engages in crime and violence

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means "secret"?

• Covert

• Redundant

• Surreptitiously

• Oblige

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "blasé" mean?

• Unimpressed by something because one has seen it so often before

• Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

• A magical entrance to a certain area

• A harsh mixture of sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the meaning of "redundant"?

• Not or no longer needed or useful

• A document of a person’s experience

• A website written in an informal or conversational style

• A person who engages in crime and violence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "forlorn" mean?

• A harsh mixture of sounds

• Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

• A sweet drink flavored with the plant sarsaparilla

• A machine with a heavy blade

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word describes someone who is "suffering from an eating disorder"?

• Anorexic

• Mediocre

• Oblige

• Intriguing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of "cacophony"?

• A harsh mixture of sounds

• A magical entrance to a certain area

• A person who engages in crime and violence

• A giant cactus that can grow to 66 feet in height

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4