Vocabulary Workshop, Level C, Unit 6

To become a champion, a tennis player needs to combine power with ______________.

• premonition
• pseudonym
• finesse
• anguish

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Over the years government agencies have spent a good deal of money trying to ___________ run-down, inner-city neighborhoods.

• rehabilitate
• instill
• ostracize
• articulate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The _________ host and hostess made each party guest feel especially welcome.

• retentive
• scapegoat
• pseudonym
• genial

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

A successful candidate can __________ his ideas in a way that makes them acceptable to voters.

• articulate
• bask
• flaunt
• purge

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A soaking rainstorm will usually ____________ the air of pollutants.

• articulate
• rehabilitate
• purge
• instill

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

I was thoroughly _______ by the foolish mistake that I made at the dinner party.

• abashed
• aloof
• forthright
• genial

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Society normally _____________ those who commit treason and betray the country.

• instills
• rehabilitates
• flaunts
• ostracizes

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

I felt a strange ___________ of danger as I entered the abandoned building.

• premonition
• repercussion
• finesse
• defect

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In ancient times, a messenger who brought bad news was often made the ______________ for it and killed.

• repercussion
• pseudonym
• scapegoat
• defect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Because they are cold-blooded creatures, lizards and other reptiles must ____________ in the sun to regulate their body temperature.

• bask
• articulate
• purge
• instill

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4