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4th Quarter 6th Grade Stems and Vocab

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Marisa took time to reflect on her actions after she had gotten in trouble. What is the meaning of the stem "flect"?

a)

think

b)

bend

c)

careful

d)

worry

2.

The teacher told Joe that his essay was quite notable. What is the meaning of the stem "not"?

a)

notice

b)

recognize

c)

mark

d)

appreciate

3.

Students often contribute their ideas in class discussions. What is the meaning of the stem "trib"?

a)

to say

b)

to think

c)

to see

d)

to pay or give

4.

It often takes time for someone to recognize that they are doing something that may be bad for themselves. What is the meaning of the stem "cogn"?

a)

realize

b)

know

c)

reflect

d)

notice

5.

To do well on a stem quiz, the stems need to be memorized. What is the meaning of the stem "mem"?

a)

mind

b)

past

c)

brain

d)

know

6.

What is the word for something that kills pain?

a)

anodyne

b)

antidote

7.

The military needed a bulwark to protect themselves from the enemy pursuing them. What is a bulwark?

a)

a defensive wall

b)

an airplane

c)

a tank

d)

a weak wall

8.

Jessie tried to cajole her friend into buying her pizza. What is the meaning of "cajole"?

a)

laugh loudly

b)

persuade by flattering or teasing

c)

trick

d)

tease

9.

Many politicians suffer from depravity. What is the meaning of "depravity"?

a)

carried out with minimum effort

b)

a small flaw

c)

showing a lack of thought or intelligence

d)

moral corruption

10.

Giving a presentation and not thinking about what you are going to say is an extemporaneous act. What is the meaning of the word extemporaneous?

a)

bad

b)

spoken or done without preparation

c)

done too fast

d)

carried out with minimum effort

11.

In December, some people may say that it is the harbinger of the new year. What is the meaning of the word harbinger?

a)

something that marks the approach of something else

b)

close to

c)

to be aware of

d)

placing too much emphasis on minor details

12.

"Stop being so impetuous!" the teacher said to her rambunctious students. What is the meaning of impetuous?

a)

annoying

b)

spoken or done without preparation

c)

acting quickly or without thought

d)

showing a lack of intelligence

13.

People that are rebelling against something usually have a very incendiary state of mind. What is the meaning of the word incendiary?

a)

a noisy disturbance

b)

to make less painful or severe

c)

moral corruption

d)

designed to start fires or conflict

14.

The doctor said to the patient that they were going to mitigate the pain from their injury. Mitigate means...

a)

secret or illegal

b)

to make less painful or severe

c)

to think carefully about

d)

something that kills pain

15.

The dictator was known for having a tendency to vacillate between his decisions. Vacillate means...

a)

to alternate indecisively between two choices

b)

moral corruption

c)

to think carefully about

d)

relating to the idea that all people people deserve equal rights

16.

Sarah had a problem with placing too much emphasis on ridiculous and tiny things. She was

a)

extemporaneous

b)

persnickety

c)

impetuous

d)

vacuous

17.

While cleaning out trashbins, the daycare's custodian was exposed to ______________ odors.

a)

reticent

b)

stoic

c)

fetid

d)

vacuous

18.

Due to their behavior which caused a ______________ the students were given lunch detention.

a)

fracas

b)

vacuous

c)

fetid

d)

incendiary

19.

Even though he insisted he was a medical doctor, it was obvious that the man was a __________________ when he did not know what to do when the child stopped breathing.

a)

bulwark

b)

harbinger

c)

charlatan

d)

anodyne

20.

Someone who does not reveal their thoughts or feelings easily is said to be

a)

vacuous

b)

reticent

c)

persnickety

d)

stoic

21.

In the news yesterday, CNN uncovered people who were in ______________ with some companies and were hiring or employing children to mine for cobalt.

a)

collusion

b)

atrophy

c)

drivel

d)

charlatan

22.

Many people believed that Max was ________________ in the book Freak the Mighty. Kevin was able to make him believe otherwise.

a)

vacuous

b)

extemporaneous

c)

reticent

d)

stoic

23.

After Carley broke her leg, the doctor's made her go to physical therapy to combat the ___________ in her muscles. They were worried that wearing her cast for such a long time had caused her muscles to decline or waste away.

a)

bulwark

b)

atrophy

c)

collusion

d)

drivel

24.

The story about students going to school for half a day next year was a bunch of ___________________ or nonsense..

a)

fracas

b)

collusion

c)

atrophy

d)

drivel

25.

People who are able to endure a great deal of hardship or pain without complaining are said to be____________

a)

impetuous

b)

persnickety

c)

reticent

d)

stoic

26.

The big purple box sitting in the middle of Mrs. Spaeth's room, _______________ some of her students' curiosity.

a)

killed

b)

mitigated

c)

atrophied

d)

whet

27.

His giggling was done is such a _____________________ manner, the teacher wrote up a referral on him.

a)

palpable

b)

farcical

c)

fetid

d)

stoic

28.

Some students in Mrs. Bagby's room completed their books in a _______________________ way just so they could get it out of the way and finish it. Even if they thought they satisfied the situation, Mrs. Bagby was not impressed.

a)

egalitarian

b)

vacuous

c)

perfunctory

d)

notable

29.

The crack in the floor at the corner in the newly built room is a just a _________________ and the builder is hoping the new buyers won't notice it.

a)

foible

b)

fracas

c)

incendiary

d)

bulwark

30.

The United States believes that it has _____________________ characteristics and all people are deserving of equal rights.

a)

drivel

b)

impetuous

c)

stoic

d)

eqalitarian

31.

He quaffed the drink. In other words he

a)

sipped it.

b)

drank it heartily.

c)

gave it to someone else.

d)

spilled it.

32.

Beverly ____________ at the idea of going to the park for a water balloon fight. She refused to go.

a)

vacillated

b)

reflected

c)

balked

d)

cajoled

33.

The poor little, skinny runt of the dog's litter couldn't get the food he needed because the other puppies kept pushing him away. He looked so ____________________.

a)

gaunt

b)

intrepid

c)

farcical

d)

perfunctory

34.

The matador was ______________________ as he stood before the charging bull.

a)

extemporaneous

b)

reticent

c)

fetid

d)

intrepid