Vocab Strategies

The doctor became more and more fearful that her patient's weakened condition would _____________ him to pneumonia.

• predispose

• muddle

• perennial

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The rug was rolled into such a (an) ________________ bundle that it took four of us to carry it up the stairs.

• salvage

• spasmodic

• cumbersome

He is so _________________ that he won't even consider the ideas or suggestions offered by other people.

• opinionated

• spurious

• admonish

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

In order to capture the fleeing criminals, the police _____________________our car and raced after the vanishing truck.

• spurious

• unbridle

• relinquished

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The water pouring through the ________________ in the dam threatened to flood the entire valley.

• brigand

• commandeer

• breach

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 nurse rushed into the hospital corridor to ________________________ the visitors who were creating a disturbance.

• spurious

• admonish

• diffuse

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The student was able to _____________________ through the paperwork on her desk and get it organized.

• muddle

• debris

• predispose

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Since we do not want to replace the plants in our garden every year, we favor ___________________ over annuals.

• breach

• salvage

• perennials

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The two sides in the lawsuit reached a (n) _____________________- when neither was willing to meet the other partway.

• predispose

• deadlock

• diffuse

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

If the teacher would _________________ the attention of her students the class would be much less chaotic.

• efface

• relinquish

• commandeer

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E