Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "cringe" mean?

• To draw back, as with fear, pain, or embarrassment

• To move from one place to another by lifting

• To eat greedily

• To bring to mind

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of "dismay"?

• To communicate beliefs or opinions

• To lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted

• To twist and compress

• To show pensive sadness

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does "evidence" refer to?

• Knowledge on which to base belief

• To pass gradually or leak

• To have and exert an effect

• To command against

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does "express" mean?

• To move from one place to another by lifting

• To communicate beliefs or opinions

• To eat greedily

• To feel sorry for

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What is the definition of "hoist"?

• To cause to feel shame

• To move from one place to another by lifting

• To be of inferior size

• To twist and compress

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does "humiliate" mean?

• To cause to feel shame

• To show pensive sadness

• To eat greedily

• To bring to mind

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does "practical" mean?

• Concerned with actual use

• To lower someone’s spirits

• To twist and compress

• To command against

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the meaning of "puny"?

• To pass gradually or leak

• Of inferior size

• To communicate beliefs

• To eat greedily

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does "seep" mean?

• To show pensive sadness

• To pass gradually or leak

• To have and exert an effect

• To draw back in fear

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

What is the definition of "wistful"?

• Showing pensive sadness

• To move from one place to another

• To be of inferior size

• To command against

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4