Vocabulary Grade 11 — Set 2: Quick Drills flashcards
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Meaning to word: 34 of the Set 2 words, each from a short, fresh definition back to the word, with one example sentence.
Drills deck · part of Vocabulary Level 6 · Grade 11 · written against: Our own grade placement (VOCABULARY-PLAN.md): word frequency (wordfreq, CC BY-SA 4.0) and editorial review; no publisher's grade or word list is reproduced. Updated 2026-10-10.
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Which word means pretending to be shy or bashful, often playfully, to tease or charm?coyCharacter & Behavior
Playing coy, the clown peeked out from behind the curtain before bowing. -
Which word means absolutely furious, far past mere annoyance?lividFeelings & Attitudes
Coach Dunn was livid when the bus left without three of his players. -
Which word means to claim openly, often falsely, that you feel, know or believe something?professThinking & Knowing
Liam professes to hate musicals, yet he hums show tunes all day. -
Which word means a saying handed down for generations that most people know and take to be true?adageSpeaking & Arguing
Sailors still repeat the adage "Red sky at night, sailor's delight." -
Which word means to throw a plan or effort off course so that it stalls or fails?derailActions & Effort
A power outage derailed the robotics team's final test run the night before the contest. -
Which word means to move past the lines that would usually fence something in?transcendChange & Growth
At nine, the chess prodigy's skill already transcends anything her coaches can teach her. -
Which word means so richly made or furnished that it plainly cost a fortune?sumptuousSize & Amount
The library's rare-book room displays a sumptuous atlas bound in red leather with gold-edged pages. -
Which word means backfiring; turning out to work against its own goal?counterproductiveQuality & Judgment
Shouting at a frightened dog is counterproductive; it only scares it more. -
Which word means a person who refuses to stay silent and voices opposition to those in power, often under an undemocratic government?dissidentSociety & Power
The dissident's banned poems were copied by hand and passed secretly around the city. -
Which word means dating from the earliest dawn of the universe, Earth or life itself?primordialNature & Time
Some bacteria in hot springs resemble Earth's primordial life forms.
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