Vocab. Enduring Skills #1

When people heard that timid Bob had taken up skydiving, they were incredulous.

• fearful

• outraged

• convinced

• disbelieving

The technical department enthusiastically hired Ms. Long because she was proficient in the use of computers.

• sincere

• adequate

• competent

• skilled

The designer window treatments in her house, installed 20 years ago, were outmoded.

• unnecessary

• pointless

• out-of-date

• worthless

The baseball player's malice toward the referee was revealed in his spiteful remarks to the media, which almost ruined the referee's career.

• vindictive

• crazy

• rude

• unpleasant

Although the professor's lectures were regarded by many as so wearisome that they regularly put students to sleep, he ignored all criticism and refused to make any changes.

• modest

• unpleasant

• boring

• objectionable

Although Zachary is much to inexperienced for the managerial position, he is a willful young man and obdurately refuses to withdraw his application.

• foolishly

• reluctantly

• constantly

• stubbornly

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The doctors were pleased that their theory has been fortified by the new research.

• reinforced

• altered

• disputed

• developed

My brother drives us crazy by crooning in the shower.

• hooting

• bellowing

• crying

• shouting

The air in the rainforest was humid, making the heat seem even more smothering than before.

• hot

• damp

• hazy

• volatile

The balloon, loose from its string, rose up into the sky, a shiny purple sphere.

• circle

• globe

• ovoid

• nodule