Vocabulary Test

Fill in the blank: After the baroness's death, her niece wasted her fortune and was reduced to a state of _______.

• penury

• wealth

• prosperity

• affluence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Fill in the blank: From beginning to end, the mountain-climbing expedition was _______ with danger.

• fraught

• safe

• boring

• uneventful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Fill in the blank: Though she didn’t say it directly, her email clearly _______ that he would not be welcome at her party.

• insinuated

• stated

• ignored

• welcomed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Fill in the blank: If we don’t defeat the monster, it will completely _______ the city and leave nothing standing!

• annihilate

• build

• decorate

• protect

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank: I had to _______ my holdings to pay off my ex-husband.

• liquidate

• accumulate

• donate

• ignore

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Fill in the blank: When the forces landed on the shore, most of the men were _______ in homes on the northern ridge.

• billeted

• stationed

• quartered

• housed

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In Edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, the title character is known for having a _______ nose, larger than any other nose in all of France.

• prominent

• tiny

• invisible

• crooked

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Fill in the blank: _______ noun - an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.

• edict

• suggestion

• request

• proposal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the meaning of 'edict'?

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Fill in the blank: The king's _____ required all soldiers to report for duty immediately.

• edict

• request

• suggestion

• invitation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C