Voc. 2 (Level G)

The nobleman was _____ by beggars demanding social change on his way to the castle.

• accosted

• undulated

• incendiary

• devious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

The inexperienced filmmaker was disheartened by the _____ of the film critic.

• halcyon

• gambit

• celerity

• animadversion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Most writers are also _____ readers who have loved books since childhood.

• myopic

• avid

• pejorative

• histrionic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The shipwrecked passengers adrift on the lifeboat became ill after drinking ______ water.

• avid

• devious

• brackish

• incendiary

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Although the heavy snowfall was not expected, the highway department responded with surprising _____.

• celerity

• animadversion

• sacrilege

• talisman

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Known for not always being above-board, the interrogator used _____ methods to try to get the suspect to incriminate himself.

• myopic

• sacriligious

• devious

• overt

Asking an interesting stranger about his or her job is a popular party _____.

• halcyon

• talisman

• gambit

• animadversion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The elderly woman, with tears in her eyes, spoke about the _____ days of her childhood.

• devious

• myopic

• overt

• halcyon

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Whenever the spoiled toddler does not get her way, she begins to yell in a(n) _____ manner.

• histrionic

• avid

• brackish

• incendiary

If the reporter didn’t mean to cause such an uproar among the public, he shouldn’t have written such a(n) _____ article about the city leaders.

• myopic

• incendiary

• overt

• pejorative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6