Vocab.:Lessons 10, 11, 12

My father quit his  __________ smoking habit to ____________ his chances of getting lung cancer.

• resilient, curtail
• curtail, relentless
• relentless, curtail
• murky, profound

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Cold weather is usually __________ in Georgia.

• transitory
• incomprehensible
• flushed
• despotic

It is ______________ why Jenny considers herself ___________ since she steals from stores at the mall on the weekends.

• despotic, virtuous
• resilient, virtuous
• incomprehensible, virtuous
• arduous, virtuous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

My dog has an ______________ to be protective of us and bark at strangers that strangers that come in our yard.

• disparity
• subjection
• volition
• inclination

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Ellie's ______________ comments to Sasha about her dress caused Sasha to become _____________ with embarrassment.

• caustic, flushed
• flushed, caustic
• censored, caustic
• lulled, flushed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When the elements were mixed together, the _____________ chocolate caused the clear syrup to become ____________________.

• immobile, murky
• inverted, immobile
• molten, murky
• murky, molten

Making the Honor Roll for the first time when he was in the 8th grade was a _____________________ moment in Josh's academic career. He graduated from high school with honors and a scholarship to college.

• altruistic
• inverted
• pivotal
• volition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The suspect was able to escape from the detectives through the use of ____________.

• artifice
• altruism
• immobile
• subjection

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Jason was badly injured in the first game of the season, but because he is so __________________ he was back, playing on the team like his old self, by the third game.

• assiduous
• resilient
• unprecedented
• transitory

The owner of a Pit Bull or a Rottweiller would probably want his or her pet to be more ____________ than aggressive in the home, especially around children.

• subjective
• altruistic
• pivotal
• submissive