Sadlier C Unit 11

pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands

• appease

• cite

• delve

• impart

• taint

The stressed mother tried to _______________ her upset baby with food and toys.

• appease

• cite

• delve

• impart

• taint

coming or happening later than should have been the case

• belated

• calamitous

• conventional

• judicious

• outlandish

She wished her grandmother a _______________ birthday since she was on vacation during the party.

• belated

• calamitous

• conventional

• judicious

• outlandish

involving calamity; catastrophic or disastrous

• belated

• calamitous

• conventional

• judicious

• outlandish

Having Trump as our president next term is ___________________ to most.

• belated

• calamitous

• conventional

• judicious

• outlandish

quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work

• appease

• cite

• delve

• impart

• taint

Not _____________ing appropriate sources will make the reader less inclined to believe your point.

• appease

• cite

• delve

• impart

• taint

______________ wisdom, or common sense, tells people they shouldn't touch fire.

• belated

• calamitous

• conventional

• judicious

• outlandish

a bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used by hunters to attract other birds or mammals

• decoy

• gallantry

• milieu

• quirk