Vocabulary Unit 1 English II

Choose the word that best fits each sentence.

Erosion from wind and rain could ________________ the letters on an old gravestone.

• obliterate

• disperse

• regress

• permeate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Choose the word that best fits each sentence.

In the middle of his Memorial Day speech, the mayor made a(n) _______________ to explain why he got into politics.

• chronology

• digression

• intermediary

• retort

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

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As the clouds gathered and the day turned less sunny, there was also a(n) ____________________ change in temperature.

• muted

• subtle

• dispassionate

• intravenous

Choose the word that best fits each sentence.

Only once during the discussion did the professor from the university of Michigan __________________a remark.

• disperse

• obliterate

• retort

• interject

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Choose the word that best fits each sentence.

The nurse obtained a blood sample using a(n) ________________ procedure.

• dispassionate

• intravenous

• systematic

• infamous

Choose the word that best fits each sentence.

After many years of war, the leaders felt the nation was now on the _________________of a new era of peace.

• intercom

• brink

• traction

• chronology

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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That __________________ company used illegal methods to put its competitors out of business.

• muted

• systematic

• intermittent

• infamous

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The audience enjoyed the _______________________ between the two rappers as they responded to each other.

• intercom

• digression

• interplay

• traction

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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Bob took the engine apart piece by piece in a(n) ____________________ way.

• intermittent

• precipitous

• systematic

• subtle

Choose the word that best fits each sentence.

Mr. Kajorski's Independence Day speech was _____________________ with glowing terms describing his new country.

• permeated

• interlaced

• protracted

• dispersed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A