Audrey had to _____ my attempt to convince the sub we were allowed to play on our phones in class, because she's a brown-noser.

• atone

• hamper

• superfluous

• doleful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Mrs. Piper-Zamudio told me my paper was too long and that I should delete anything that was _____, so I kept only the necessary bits.

• lucid

• sardonic

• credible

• superfluous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Unbeknownst to George Washington, the nickname "wooden-teeth" would last all through grade school and even be remembered _____ to his life.

• posthumous

• intricate

• atone

• credible

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

I asked the guy if I could take him out to dinner to _____ for my mistaking him for a robber and macing him.

• hew

• tenacious

• atone

• sardonic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The _____ sound of trains going by my window used to drive me nuts, but now I can't live without the constant noise.

• ghastly

• diligent

• intricate

• incessant

I always feel _____ when I see those statues of sad clowns.

• sardonic

• doleful

• hew

• prim

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Slaves were held in _____ for years without any freedom.

• ghastly

• intricate

• bondage

• sardonic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Sebastian Maniscalco made a point to mock everyone in the audience, but it was just part of this _____ comedian's act.

• tenacious

• incessant

• intricate

• sardonic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The _____ in this nation are too poor to make it to the voting booths, so the rich always win elections.

• bondage

• lucid

• impoverished

• taunt

Billy-Bob continued to inform me of the _____ details involved in making moonshine but his hillbilly language was difficult to understand.

• diligent

• intricate

• lucid

• hamper