Vocabulary Test 12

Which of the following two words have similar meanings?

• dogged, succumb

• calamity, quagmire

• adorn, flout

• trite, verbose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Our teacher challenged us to create fresh, original similes and metaphors, not (a)   ones.

• dogged

• flout

• enervate

• trite

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following is an antonym for incumbent?

• mandatory

• optional

• energize

• deplete

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

My children enjoy the tradition of buying a new ornament to (a)   the Christmas tree.

• adorn

• flout

• enervate

• succumb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

They continued the (a)   search for the dog into the wee hours of the night, refusing to give up hope.

• trite

• verbose

• dogged

• zeal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

After being lost at sea for weeks, the sailors were (a)   , too weak even to find hope.

• aplomb

• verbose

• forlorn

• dogged

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of the following is a synonym for enervate?

• exhaust

• vicious

• mock

• flatter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The word aplomb means (a)   .

• a catastrophe

• animosity

• a dilemma

• self-confidence

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

When writing, it is important to be concise and descriptive with words but not (a)   .

• aplomb

• zeal

• verbose

• malice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which of the following is an antonym for aplomb?

• confidence

• fear

• bitterness

• solution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A