Vocabulary Unit 11 6th Grade

There is an old saying that nothing is really (blank) death and taxes.

• unavoidable

• inevitable

• guaranteed

• real in life

We were nothing less than (blank) when we saw the immense damage that the Hurricane had done is so brief a time.

• dumbfounded

• shocked

• horrified

• dismayed

As the buffalo began to decrease rapidly in numbers, conservationist feared that it might become totally (blank)

• gone

• die off

• extinct

• vanished

Whenever our team needs a few yards to make a first down we call on our (blank) fullback to get the job done.

• tough

• mighty

• puny

• burly

We saw a bolt of lightning (blank) a huge limb from the mighty oak tree.

• dismember

• rend

• splinter

• tear asunder

The old con artist had so many (blank) over the course of his criminal career that he some how forgot his real name.

• fake names

• fake identities

• aliases

• disguises

We greatly admired the (blank) determination and patience that the student who struggled reading showed as he continued to learn to read.

• dogged

• untiring

• relentless

• strong

The rock singers success was referred to as (blank) because it crashed just as fast as it rose.

• Rapid

• Fast

• Meteoric

• Prevails

Even though so many people ridiculed him and made fun of him. He showed tremendous (Blank) as he continued to do what was right.

• perseverance

• toughness

• girt

• grit

In the Marvel movies we expect that Good will (blank) over Evil. Which is why so many people were shocked watching Infinity War.

• triumph

• prevail

• overcome

• pervail