Lesson 12 Vocabulary Power Plus

Partially open

• malicious

• ajar

• nonchalant

• sequester

A clown, a jester, or person who acts like one

• buffoon

• geology

• pantomime

• tawdry

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

skillful in physical movements, especially of the hands

• impartial

• prolific

• vulnerable

• dextrous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to bring about; to give rise to

• engender

• nonchalant

• sequester

• uncouth

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct word:

She always had an interest in rock formations, so she studied _________________ in college.

• buffoon

• prolific

• pantomime

• geology

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Fill in the blank with the correct word:

The judge cannot be _____________ in a case that involves her own daughter.

• engender

• impartial

• nonchalant

• uncouth

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

An antonym for benevolent is

• malicious

• tawdry

• vulnerabel

• recede

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Fill in the blank with the correct word:

In an effort to appear _________________, he faked a yawn.

• nonchalant

• engender

• buffoon

• vulnerable

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

To communicate or tell a story using only facial expressions and bodily gestures.

• uncouth

• pantomime

• ajar

• prolific

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Rex Stout, a _________________ author, wrote more than seventy detective novels.

• tawdry

• impartial

• nonchalant

• prolific

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F