Vocabulary Unit 2 English IV

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

Kayla would ______ at everyone’s suggestions for the party, but she didn’t contribute any ideas of her own.

• cajole

• smirk

• reciprocate

• supplant

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

Some people probably find working in the garden ______, but I think it’s exciting to watch things grow.

• complacent

• despondent

• mundane

• scintillating

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

The bride-to-be hoped her friends would not ______ her with gifts at her second shower.

• supplant

• emulate

• lavish

• reciprocate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

Worry about the economic future became ______ among the townspeople when the factory closed.

• pandemic

• epidemic

• endemic

• complacent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

The king was required by the church to do ______ for his evil deeds.

• penance

• torpor

• endurance

• duress

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

The cactus is not ______ in my home state of Maine, although it is in Arizona.

• penitent

• unkempt

• endemic

• obdurate

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

Your ______ will be tested if you run in the marathon next month.

• venture

• endurance

• notoriety

• penance

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

Lily feared that her lack of geometry would ______ her attempt to become an engineer.

• hamper

• emulate

• supplant

• reproach

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

Even though she expected to win, the candidate did not become ______ and continued to campaign.

• penitent

• obdurate

• complacent

• methodical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Choose the word that best completes each sentence.

You can plead, nag, and ______ all you want, but I will not sell you my tuba!

• hamper

• smirk

• lavish

• cajole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6