ELA 10/11 Vocab. List # 3

There are ___________ styles when it comes to jeans, everyone can find a favorite type.

• innumerable
• impregnable 
• fervor 
• cull

Monotonous matches . . . 

• Arrogant behavior beyond what is appropriate for one's position
• To cut off, shorten, lessen
• Tedious/tiresome because of repetition 
• To pacify, to calm another down by giving them something

The glowing figure in the hallway was so _____________ that Ms. Bonney ran down the hall shrieking because she thought it was a ghost.

• ample
• ethereal
• veritable
• latent

I didn't want to be held ____________ for my sister breaking the lamp so I cleared out of there.

• innumerable
• ineffectual
• latent
• liable

Many times, our abilities are ____________ until we are put into positions to use them.

• ethereal 
• latent
• monotonous
• ample

Veritable matches . . . 

• Authentic, a legitime, solid example of something, sometimes used figuratively.
• Impossible to destroy or invade. 
• Potentially or previously existing, but not yet visible/apparent.
• Not providing/able to provide the desired result.

In medieval times folks trying to make castles _____________ to attacks by using tiny windows, moats and draw bridges. 

• effrontery
• malinger
• impregnable
• placate

"To pacify, calm another down by giving them something" matches . . .

• cull
• malginer
• curtail
• placate

As an English teacher, I have great ____________ for literature of all types and I am constantly reading. 

• fervor
• effrontery
• innumerable
• ethereal

Effrontery matches . . . 

• Impossible to destroy or invade
• Potentially or previously existing, but not visible now 
• Plentiful, in sufficient supply
• Arrogant behavior beyond what is appropriate for one's position