Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 6

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.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• articulate
• bask
• flaunt
• purge

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• abashed
• aloof
• forthright
• genial

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

My father is always ___________ in a crisis; he is able to make firm, clear decisions.

• resolute
• retentive
• genial
• aloof

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The ____________ of being late to class three times is a teacher detention.

• finesse
• repercussion
• defect
• scapegoat

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• premonition
• repercussion
• finesse
• defect

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• premonition
• pseudonym
• finesse
• anguish

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How can parents best ___________ in their children a love of reading?

• ostracize
• rehabilitate
• instill
• purge

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A ___________ memory is a great asset for any actor, especially one who performs on stage.

• retentive
• forthright
• genial
• aloof

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4