Griffin English 1 CP Unit 2 Vocabulary

Having lived my whole life the northern part of the country, I often found the traditions of the south to be ______________.

• jeer

• alien

• fodder

• subjugate

Although the princess on the movie was supposed to be extremely beautiful, she was far from ________________ first woke up.

• comely

• erratic

• tantalize

• lucrative

After the umpire made the call, many of the fans began to __________________ loudly as they made their feelings known.

• ajourn

• fortified

• dissolute

• jeer

The aroma of the cake baking in the oven was very ____________________ to me, especially since I had not eaten since breakfasst.

• dissolute

• compensating

• tantalizing

• proliferateing

The boy lost his job due to his ____________________ attendance; his employer never knew when the boy would show up.

• erratic

• mediocre

• fortify

• terse

Farmer Lee just plowed his crops, now he has some _________________ that he can feed his stock.

• sully
• carrow
• slop
• fodder

The jury has not reached a verdict so the Judge has _______________ (ed) for the day.

• feint
• proliferate
• adjourn
• bonjourn

When the national economy is expanding, new housing developments begin to ______________; when times are lean, construction slacks off.

• proliferate
• subjugate
• sully
• tantalize

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Their so-called peace initiative proved to be nothing more than a clever _________ designed to lull the enemy into a false sense of security.

• alien
• feint
• fodder
• jeer

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Though he had a great sinker ball, he was so ________________ on the mound that fans started to call him "Wild Pitch Hickok."

• comely
• dissolute
• erratic
• illegible

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F