What is the word for the following definition: Approval, praise, official recognition?

• Reject

• Condemnation

• Obfuscation

• Approbation

What is the word for the following definition: To make easier, relieve, calm, or satisfy?

• Assuage

• Aggravate

• Complicate

• Provoke

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the word for the following definition: A group or alliance for a common purpose?

• Opening

• Coalition

• Division

• Obstacle

What is the word for the following definition: Decline, decay, or excessive self-indulgence?

• Prosperity

• Resilience

• Decadence

• Ascendancy

What is the word for the following definition: To draw out, bring forth a response?

• Elicit

• Omit

• Suppress

• Ignore

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 word for the following definition: To argue or reason with someone against what they want to do?

• Sanity

• Capitulate

• Exacerbate

• Expostulate

What is the word for the following definition: Overused, not original, cliché?

• Attempt

• Innovative

• Obscure

• Hackneyed

• Novel

What is the word for the following definition: A break or gap in time?

• Hiatus

• Eclipse

• Interval

• Pause

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the word for the following definition: A hint, indirect suggestion, or sly remark?

• Antidote

• Eulogy

• Innuendo

• Paradox

What is the word for the following definition: To step in on someone’s behalf, to mediate?

• Procede

• Recede

• Concede

• Intercede