Vocab Unit 1 Review

When taxpayers fill out their income tax forms, they shouldn't put in any jokes or insults. That is called filing a(n) ____ return, and it can get therm in trouble.

• unobtrusive

• incessant

• frivolous

• voracious

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A heat wave makes most of us feel drowsy and lazy. But did you know that people who freeze to death are also overcome by ____ ?

• jargon

• torpor

• clemency

• affinity

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

_____ is a factor in friendship and romance. We are most likely to form a relationship with someone who lives next door, sits next to us in class, or works in the next cubicle.

• Decadence

• Levity

• Opulence

• Proximity

Do you think juvenile offenders should receive ____ because they are so young? Or should they be punished as harshly as adult lawbreakers?

• decadence

• levity

• progeny

• clemency

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CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

A teenage boy often has a ______ appetite. He may drink half a gallon of milk a day, and after he raids the refrigerator, there's usually not a crumb left.

• voracious

• sagacious

• peripheral

• brusque

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Gloomy Gus" is a traditional name for a(n) _____ person.

• sagacious

• eloquent

• morose

• effervescent

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"______" music is another term for background music in a play or movie. It isn't a direct result of the plot but is just a minor element to set the mood.

• Querulous

• Insolvent

• Incidental

• Indefatigable

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

Robert feels that the old traditional "Welcome" mat is ____. So on his doorstep, he has a mat that says "Go away."

• stoic

• hackneyed

• brusque

• copious

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The ____ of high-wire walkers never fails to astonish me. How in the world can they act relaxed and unconcerned when they're on a skinny wire hundreds of feet in the air?

• nonchalance

• decadence

• brevity

• torpor

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The verb "to ____" comes from the actual name of a river in Greece, famous for its winding course.

• supplant

• meander

• lampoon

• substantiate

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4