Vocabulary Quiz

To support, argue for, or adopt (an idea or cause)

• Attribute

• Advocate

• Orient

• Discern

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

Acting or intended to overthrow or destroy something established

• Flagrant

• Subversive

• Nocturnal

• Comprehensive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Corresponding in degree, number, or size; in proportion

• Concurrent

• Fluctuate

• Commensurate

• Exemplify

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

To send off to a destination or for a purpose

• Dispatch

• Venture

• Orient

• Decode

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

To waver between choices; to rise and fall irregularly

• Fluctuate

• Contrive

• Default

• Degenerate

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Open and obvious in a way that is offensive

• Flagrant

• Sinister

• Implausible

• Nominal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Serious or significant distress or misfortune

• Calamity

• Blight

• Recession

• Turmoil

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Done at the same time; simultaneous

• Concurrent

• Intercede

• Fluctuate

• Enhance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To take responsibility for or fail to do something required

• Default

• Attribute

• Intervene

• Comprehend

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

To interpret or make sense of something unclear

• Discern

• Decipher

• Dispatch

• Contrive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C