AP Lit Vocab Quiz Set 3

What does the word "Accretion" mean?

• Growth, increase by successive addition

• Having a sour or bitter taste

• Eager and enthusiastic willingness

• To slander, make a false accusation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which word means "having a sour or bitter taste or character"?

• Alacrity

• Acerbic

• Alloy

• Burgeon

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of "Alacrity"?

• To grow rapidly or flourish

• To disguise or conceal

• Eager and enthusiastic willingness

• To debase by mixing with something inferior

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The word "Alloy" means:

• To slander, make a false accusation

• To debase by mixing with something inferior

• Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively

• Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar with others

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 "Burgeon" mean?

• To grow rapidly or flourish

• To disguise or conceal

• Willingness to comply with the wishes of others

• To combine unlike terms

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word means "to slander, make a false accusation"?

• Capricious

• Calumniate

• Dissemble

• Complacence

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the meaning of "Capricious"?

• Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic

• Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar with others

• To grow rapidly or flourish

• To disguise or conceal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The word "Complacence" refers to:

• Growth, increase by successive addition

• Willingness to comply with the wishes of others

• Having a sour or bitter taste

• To slander, make a false accusation

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 "Disparate" mean?

• To disguise or conceal

• Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar with others

• Eager and enthusiastic willingness

• To commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word means "to disguise or conceal; to mislead"?

• Dissemble

• Burgeon

• Alacrity

• Accretion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4