week 2 Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of the word "complicity"?

• Deserving blame

• Partnership in wrongdoing

• An associate in crime

• Withdraw previous statements

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word "abrogate" mean?

• admit

• abolish

• report

• prevent

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "access" refer to in the context of the vocabulary list?

• admittance

• abolish

• nullify

• prevent

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "preclude" mean?

• admit

• abolish

• report

• prevent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In the sample sentence, what word fits: "The manager was distraught when he realized that the slugger's sickness would ___ a World Series victory."

• preclude

• access

• invalidate

• abrogate

• facilitate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Choose the correct word for the sentence: "The wealthy uncle decided to ___ his inane nephew's sinecure."

• access

• invalidate

• preclude

• abrogate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is the meaning of "extrinsic"?

• to hamper

• foreign, coming from outside

• speak loudly

• persist

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does the idiom "to break the ice" mean?

• to start a fight

• to make a start by overcoming initial difficulties

• to end a conversation

• to create tension

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is the meaning of "nomadic"?

• Harshness of temper

• Model of excellence

• Wandering

• Descriptive name

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does "asperity" refer to?

• Harshness of temper

• Model of excellence

• Wandering

• Descriptive name

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C