Vocabulary Test 1 (1-60)

Something that can be perceived by touch is

• ephemeral

• tangible

• abstruse

• surreptitious

• capricious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A statement that is impossible to understand is

• cogent

• garrulous

• inscrutable

• adamant

• fervent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

To make something better or improve a situation is to

• obfuscate

• relegate

• ameliorate

• venerate

• enervate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds is a

• morass

• paucity

• cacophony

• querulous

• temerity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Someone who is silent and reserved is

• ebullient

• reticent

• obstreperous

• vociferous

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

A person who is strongly opinionated and unwilling to consider others’ views is

• dogmatic

• mendacious

• cogitate

• spurious

• petulant

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

An excess or overabundance is a

• paucity

• penury

• temerity

• surfeit

• alacrity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A plan that is unrealistic or impractical can be described as

• cogent

• succinct

• surreptitious

• adamant

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A complicated, confusing situation is a

• hegemony

• perfidious

• morass

• gregarious

• mendacious

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A meeting that is secretive or hidden from view is

• clandestine

• vociferous

• inchoate

• incendiary

• fallacious

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