Vocabulary Quiz

"To use words that have multiple meanings, particularly in order to obscure the truth"

• permissible
• accusation

• surmise

• equivocate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

"large and glorious"

• copious

• palatial

• maudlin

• magnificent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"to speak poorly of"

• surmise

• reprisal

• disparage

• odious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Surmise means:

• to guess, imagine, or deduce

• to state or authenticate that something is true, valid, or genuine

• a statement that a person is guilty of wrongdoing or error

• offensive attitude or speech; ridicule

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

means "not desiring change"

• quiescent

• morose

• complacence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

synonym for "certify"

• attest

• surmise

• equivocate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

He spent all day _______ on the couch, barely rising even to use the restroom.

• complacence

• maudlin

• quiescent

• wizen

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

She found the man _______ and could not stand to be around him.

• morose

• geniality

• ire

• odious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

His ______ was caused by her lies and deceptions.

• ire

• derision

• accusation

• odious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Her ________ that he had stolen the money was unfounded, and in fact he was innocent.

• accusation

• surmise

• derision

• ire

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4