Management was not willing to __________ to labor's initial demands, thus increasing the likelihood of a long and bitter strike.

• solace
• brandish
• accede
• venal

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Totalitarian governments usually take strong measures to __________ free speech.^

• venal
• stately
• deft
• suppress

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

All kinds of odd rumors run _________ during a political campaign^.

• rampant
• inopportune
• solace
• musty

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Definition: (verb) to include or be made up of

• deft
• suppress
• comprise
• pinnacle

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: (adjective) penniless, very poor

• inopportune
• extirpate
• destitute
• rampant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The __________ sound of distant thunder warned us of the storm's approach.^

• officious
• ominous
• ironic
• rampant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Some pop musicians reach the __________ of their careers comparatively early in life.^

• accede
• explicit
• venal
• pinnacle

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Definition: (adjective) grand, dignified, majestic

• stately
• supple
• deft
• brandish

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition: (verb) to wave , swing in a menacing fashion

• extirpate
• solace
• brandish
• suppress

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

I __________ my umbrella repeatedly in a vain effort to hail an empty cab.

• suppressed
• premeditated
• acceded
• brandished

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4