Unit 2 Vocabulary

The aid that we have ____ given each other during the years has enabled both of us to overcome many problems.

• indignantly

• mutually

• unusually

• indignantly

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

All during that nightmarish period, I found myself ____ by doubts and fears about the future.

• plagued

• dissuaded

• poised

• catered

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

When the new ____ took power, it canceled or reversed most of the policies of its predecessor.

• hazard

• entrepreneur

• regime

• firebrand

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

It seems that only last year she was an awkward child, but now she is a charming and ____ young woman.

• unscathed

• pelted

• indignant

• poised

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Innocent or guilty, no one involved in a major political scandal ever comes away from it entirely _____.

• dissuaded

• unscathed

• catered

• indispensable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The public's ____ to government may be measured in the number of citizens who do not bother to vote.

• indifference

• customary

• mutual

• poise

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

The judge explained to the jury that killing someone in self-defense may be considered justifiable, or noncriminal, ________.

• firebrand

• homocide

• plague

• mutual

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

When my 8-year-old sister started up a chain of lemonade stands, I knew we had a budding ______ in the family.

• hazarad

• plague

• entrepreneur

• homicide

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Unfortunately, nothing any of us said could _______ Seth from his plan to quit school.

• dissuade

• regime

• cater

• firebrand

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Your excuse for missing baseball practice was so _____ that even a child would have seen right through it.

• indispensable

• available

• transparent

• customary