Unit 12 Vocab - Completing Sentences - 20 words

Front

The _____ for women's right to vote lasted over 70 years.

Back

crusade

Front

Complete the sentence: The principal threatened to expel any student who _____ school property.

Back

defaces

Front

Eric's terrible driving around the curvy mountainside _____ Joy to the point he had to pull over so she could vomit.

Back

nauseated

Front

The eye witness's testimony proved to be the _____ point of the case leading to a guilty verdict.

Back

pivotal

Front

Dr. Seuss was the _____ of a special Pulitzer Prize for his contribution to the education and entertainment of America's children.

Back

recipient

Front

The battery acid was so _____ that it ate away at the floor and left a gapping hole through which you could see the road.

Back

caustic

Front

Complete the sentence: For many years the U.S. and Cuba had a trade _____; Cuba could not send or receive products from the U.S.

Back

embargo

Front

The _____ that the Earth was flat was disproved when the Spanish sailed around the world.

Back

fallacy

Front

Billy Bob set up an elaborate _____ to surprise his wife Jenny with a birthday party.

Back

ruse

Front

Wildlife preserve stocked stream with trout hoping it would be _____ with fish for tourist season.

Back

teeming