Purple Hibiscus Vocab

Front

Stability has been _____ on the meager wages of a single mom with a GED.

Back

Elusive

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

They usually present a ______ disposition, but today they shocked us with an emotional response to the schedule change.

Back

placid

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

In 2020, Twitter suspended him after a _____ comment about beheading Dr. Fauci.

Back

flippant

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Front

As an ambassador of Christ, he preached the wondrous mercy of God with a spiritual ____ and solemn earnestness.

Back

unction

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

During High Mass, her voice conveyed the ______ of the passage.

Back

solemnity

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Front

His nobility is _____, draped in a purple cloak of modernity, blending past and present.

Back

Intrinsic

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Front

Foolish financial risk led to a _____ loss.

Back

grievous

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Front

Will updated booster shots designed to _____ variants be better than the original vaccine?

Back

thwart

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Front

Some can ______ for a long time without resolving a dilemma.

Back

ruminate

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

By nightfall, the troops had freed the captured President and ended the six-day-old _____.

Back

coup

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4