Vocabulary Assignment #1 2020 Sentences

Hundreds of people were ___________________ detained and held in poor prison conditions.

• arbitrarily

• wistfully

• innocuous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

Since the snake’s venom is _________________, you do not have to be concerned about the bite!

• innocuous

• sumptuous

• heuristic

The thunderstorm was _____________, starting suddenly and gone within seconds.

• ephemeral

• morose

• contemptuous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Noting her ________________ expression, the smile faded from his lips and the twinkle left his eyes.

• somber

• morose

• embittered

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

You're inexperienced, innocent -- even ______________, but you're not immature.

• naive

• somber

• paradoxical

His _______________ allowed him to keep a clear head and escape the burning building.

• equanimity

• propensity

• innocuous

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The elderly professor would sometimes make a ______________ and talk about his wife’s flowerbeds instead of physics.

• digression

• paradoxical

• chastise

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The act of touching a hot stove and getting burnt is a ________________ experience most people endure.

• Heuristic

• naive

• effusive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The sailors watched the horizon anxiously, _____________ of the approaching storm.

• wary

• contemptuous

• arbitrarily

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Not surprisingly, his funeral was a ________________ event which left all the guests in tears.

• morose

• heuristic

• conscientious