Vocabulary Mastery Test: Units 10-12

What is the meaning of the word "defunct"?

• No longer existing or functioning

• Very beautiful

• Full of energy

• Easily influenced

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means "having a pleasing appearance"?

• Fetish

• Aesthetic

• Hapless

• Plaintive

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does "laconic" mean?

• Talkative

• Using few words

• Dishonest

• Sad

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word refers to "a group of people united in a secret plot"?

• Cabal

• Detritus

• Burnish

• Rudiments

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the meaning of "impeccable"?

• Unreliable

• Faultless; without error

• Weak

• Unhappy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word means "to ask persistently; to beg"?

• Importune

• Espouse

• Winnow

• Rebuff

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which word best describes "to support or adopt a cause"?

• Espouse

• Abrogate

• Decimate

• Forgo

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which word means "to abolish or do away with"?

• Abrogate

• Attenuate

• Oscillate

• Penitent

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means "to make smooth or shiny by rubbing"?

• Burnish

• Flaccid

• Inure

• Rebuff

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

What does "hapless" mean?

• Lucky

• Unfortunate

• Deceitful

• Weak

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F