English III Vocabulary

The site for the new development has a _____________________ setting. The developer has a lot of landscaping to do.

• Rudimentary

• Juxtapose

The man created what he thought was a utopia, but he was just a ___________________ because nothing is perfect.

• Conventional

• Visionary

The twin towers were ______________________________ in New York City.

• Juxtapose

• surfeit

The ___________________________ smoke was seen on the horizon by everyone at the game.

• Manifest

• Supercilious

The buffet was actually a _____________________ because there were not as many people at the banquet as we thought were coming.

• Surfeit

• Euphemism

Mrs. Cavendash had a _______________________ attitude while sitting in the Presidential box at the performance of the opera. She made sure everyone saw where she was sitting so that she could rub it in their face afterward.

• Conventional

• Supercilious

See if you can come up with a _______________________for that very annoying expression. It’s offensive to some people.

• Partisan

• Euphemism

The boys used ______________________ knowledge about how to jump-start the engine on the bus when it wouldn’t start because they had done it all their life.

• Conventional

• Rudimentary

Many women are _______________________ of the Komen Walk against Cancer. The money raised goes to fund research to fight cancer.

• Visionary

• Partisan

On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, it was a day to _____________________ the loss of many Americans.

• Lament

• Manifest