Study Guide to Vocabulary Test 4

The _______ intern withheld any complaints when the cable television magnate told him to go get coffee and donuts for everyone.

• servile

• crepuscular

• apocrophyal

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The inspirational posters in the guidance counselor's office listed _________ about overcoming senioritis.

• putrid

• efficacious

• maxims

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Most urban legends are _________ tales simply meant to keep you on the right track and not be tempted to do anything stupid.

• sybaritic

• apocryphal

• internecine

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Customers ____the department store when it was announced that the shoe department had shoes on sale "Buy One, Get One Free."

• revered

• inundated

• estranged

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The ____ main cabin of the gigantic yacht has all the pleasures of a palatial mansion with oceanic views.

• putrid

• efficacious

• sybaritic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The company needed an ____ advertising campaign in order to win over the stakeholders needed to expand into unknown territory.

• crepuscular

• risible

• efficacious

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The antique watch had little material value, but it had enormous ___ worth because it came from the family's second generation.

• intrinsic

• kudos

• catharsis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A hobby or physical activity in the evening can be a pleasant ____ for people who have extremely stressful careers or home-life.

• internecine

• putrid

• catharsis

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Barb enjoyed ___ from her coworkers after the company was approved for a federal grant.

• kudos

• maxim

• servile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

When the wind blows just the right way, the ___ stench of manure becomes overwhelming.

• carthartic

• risible

• putrid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4