Vocabulary Quiz

A beach that has been worn away by the wind and waves can be described as

• casual

• eroded

• melancholy

• downtrodden

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To give formal approval to is to

• ratify

• stifle

• flounder

• entice

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which of the following is the opposite of saturate?

• accelerate

• parch

• persist

• canvass

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.4A

If someone’s enthusiasm has been suppressed, it has been

• quibbled

• floundered

• stifled

• eroded

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which of the following might be another word for essential?

• regal

• gruesome

• vital

• graphic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Someone who looks on or observes can be called a(n)

• bystander

• quibble

• melancholy

• ordeal

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Which of the following could not be used to replace melancholy (sentence 2)?

• gloomy

• dejected

• unhappy

• merry

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

In sentence 2, ordeals means

• diseases

• pranks

• hardships

• pleasures

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which of the following words could be used to replace gruesome (sentence 2)?

• ghastly

• appealing

• delightful

• dull

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

In sentence 5, graphic means relating to

• history

• earth science

• the pictorial arts

• mathematics

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4