Unit 3: Choose the Right Word

Jane Addams wasn't only profoundly ________________ by the suffering of other people but also tried hard to help them.

• perturbed

• instigated

• grappled

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Great new discoveries in science can be made only by men and women with intellectual _____________.

• compliance

• audacity

• prodigiously

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

He has had such bad experiences with motorcycles that he has become extremely ______________.

• audacious

• skittish

• devoid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

If we have to share the same locker please try to keep your things in the space __________ to you.

• allotted

• amassed

• willful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

Perhaps in the long term _________ of history, some events that seem very important now will prove to be minor.

• longevity

• perspective

• audacity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

She had devoted her life to __________ not material riches but the love, respect, and thanks of every member of this community.

• amassing

• minimizing

• incapacitating

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

She delivered a simple, low-key speech, completely __________ of fancy language or emotional appeals.

• devoid

• relevant

• skittish

My neighbor has all kinds of colorful kites and wind socks ____________ to stakes in her yard, claiming that they keep the deer from eating her plants.

• devoid

• tethered

• allotted

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The bitter strike closed shops, shut down factories, and _____________ an entire industry for months.

• incapacitated

• allotted

• myriad

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

The defense has told you about the defendant's unhappy childhood, but how is this ____________ to the question of innocence or guilt.

• relevant

• willful

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D