The student was asked to ___ the rumor that he had been the one vandalizing lockers; if he couldn't or wouldn't, he'd be expelled.

• quell

• inveterate

• abjure

• ruminate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Though the protesters at first appeared intimidating, the corporation found it easy to ___ them by offering a pay raise and extended holiday hours.

• quell

• abjure

• ruminate

• elate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

I can't help but ___ about past boyfriends and wonder whether, if I had done something differently, I'd still be together with any of them.

• ruminate

• abjure

• quell

• august

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Though at first a small flame, the boys' campfire quickly ignited the surrounding dry brush into a deadly ___.

• platitude

• compunction

• inveterate

• conflagration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

After showing no ___ at his trial, even when faced with his victims' families, the serial killer was sentenced to life without parole.

• platitude

• quiescence

• compunction

• conflagration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Marta tired of her new crush quite quickly when she realized he seemed to speak only in generic ___s.

• compunction

• conflagration

• platitude

• irrelevant

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Though the student's paper was not grammatically sound, its ___ arguments were quite impressive for a teenager.

• trenchant

• irrelevant

• tacit

• indulgent

Because she was the babysitter and not the parent, Joy felt it was all right to be ___ with the kids she watched and allowed them to stay up late and eat ice cream.

• quiescent

• august

• callous

• indulgent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The world's ___ response to the Sudanese crisis angered those who were directly impacted and who could not get help in their time of need.

• callous

• nocturnal

• tangible

• acrid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What happened in this room? The lingering, ___ odor of bleach permeates every corner of it.

• acrid

• tacit

• inveterate

• elated