Vocabulary Quiz

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

• Discern

• Advocate

• Orient

• Attribute

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Acting or intended to overthrow or destroy something established:

• Subversive

• Nocturnal

• Flagrant

• 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:

• Exemplify

• Concurrent

• Fluctuate

• Commensurate

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:

• Decode

• Orient

• Dispatch

• Venture

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

To waver between choices; to rise and fall irregularly:

• Contrive

• Default

• Degenerate

• Fluctuate

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:

• Nominal

• Sinister

• Flagrant

• Implausible

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Serious or significant distress or misfortune:

• Turmoil

• Blight

• Recession

• Calamity

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

• Fluctuate

• Enhance

• Intercede

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 take responsibility for or fail to do something required:

• Default

• Attribute

• Comprehend

• Intervene

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:

• Decipher

• Discern

• Contrive

• Dispatch

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C