Provide a synonym for the italicized word.

Joey was surprised by the mayor's accolade, which was something he never expected for just doing what he thought was right.

• thanks

• respect

• anger

• award

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Provide a synonym for the italicized word.

After last year's outbursts, security at the championship match was heightened to prevent altercations among the rivals' fans.

• disputes

• teasing

• boasting

• violence

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Provide a synonym for the italicized word.

Only a reporter as assiduous as Lisa could have gotten the story.

• persistent

• lucky

• pretty

• connected

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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The real estate developer endowed her alma mater with the funds for a new science lab.

• manipulated

• provided

• threatened

• billed

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Provide a synonym for the italicized word.

Maya felt that gossiping behind people's backs was a perversity she could not engage in.

• hobby

• practice

• wrong

• morality

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Provide an antonym for the italicized word.

Store employers were unprepared for the display of adulation from the hundreds of fans who attended the author's book signing event.

• hatred

• mania

• admiration

• disinterest

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Provide an antonym for the italicized word.

Ever since his fall, Daniel has been chary about walking on icy sidewalks.

• hesitant

• careful

• reckless

• clumsy

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Provide an antonym for the italicized word.

Nathan's friends think he is perverse because he is uninterested in getting a job and moving out of his mother's house.

• reasonable

• lazy

• immature

• smart

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Provide an antonym for the italicized word.

Maya was adamant in her belief that television was for the small-minded.

• firm

• aggressive

• yielding

• humorous

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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To see it now, it is hard to believe that the warehouse district used to be a decrepit row of empty buildings.

• brand-new

• worn out

• sagging

• colorful

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A