Week 15

Some of the people on the newspaper staff have odd habits. One reporter, for example, had the _______ of always wearing a bow tie.

• advocate

• precarious

• idiosyncrasy

• antipathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

That biography of Benjamin Franklin is all-_________; it covers all stages of his life, from birth to death.

• inclusive

• imminent

• advocate

• impede

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

My English teacher ______s students' doing a lot of personal reading in addition to their homework assignments. He feels that the more we read, the better we'll write.

• jurisdiction

• preposterous

• precarious

• advocate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The little girl's hearing loss had _______(e)d speech development, so she couldn't speak as well as most other children her age.

• imminent

• emancipate

• impede

• antipathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dogs seem to have a natural _______ for snakes. The first time my usually gentle collie saw a snake, she began snarling and showing her teeth.

• inclusive

• antipathy

• jurisdiction

• imminet

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The fleeing criminal headed for Mexico, where U.S authorities had no _______.

• inclusive

• preposterous

• jurisdiction

• impede

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Black clouds and rumbling thunder made it obvious that a storm was _________.

• emancipate

• imminent

• precarious

• antipathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

According to the Bible, Moses demanded that the Egyptian king _____ the slaves.

• emancipate

• inclusive

• impede

• imminent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

For elected officials, even the appearance of dishonestly can be ________, threatening the end of their careers.

• advocate

• impede

• emancipate

• precarious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why in the world would a multi-millionaire shoplift a four-dollar of aspirin? The act seems ________, but that's what police say happened.

• antipathy

• preposterous

• advocate

• jurisdiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4