Vocabulary Test 1 Q1

The criminal ________________ getting involved in the murder.

• reproach

• lamented

• squabbling

Which word best completes the sentence? During the Great Depression, many people felt helpless and _____________.

• impotent

• refrained

• abyss

Reproach means...

• criticism or disapproval

• praise

• carelessness or lack of feeling

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a complete failure

• devastate
• fiasco
• betrayal

An act of bravado is usually

• admirable.

• showy.

• sweet.

Which word comes from High German meaning to bend?

• flinched

• tenets

• lament

• impotent

What does mirthless mean?

• belief

• unhappy

• interesting

Which word means having no useful result; without effect?

• dawdled

• voraciously

• futile

which word best completes the sentence?

If you are ______________ during your job interview, you will not be offered a position.

• lament

• voracious

• flippant

• prodigy

Which word means child of unusually high talent ?

• devastated

• content

• prodigy

• nonchalantly

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4