ENG II H Voc. Unit 3 Completing the Sentence

He ____(ed) the crime committed during his youth by a lifetime of service to humanity.

• expedite

• peculate

• expiate

• wheedle

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Since she seems to have a strong ____ both for science and for service to others, I think that she should plan to study medicine.

• acculturation

• commiserate

• sangfroid

• proclivity

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

We Americans do not believe that honest criticism of our public officials, no matter how severe, should be regarded as _____.

• seditious

• tenuous

• circuitous

• inadvertent

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Declaring the boycott to be illegal, the judge ____(ed) the labor union from applying it against the employing firm.

• ascribe

• enjoin

• vitriolic

• abominate

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Wines from that part of France are produced by _____(ing) the juice of the luscious grapes that grow on the hillsides.

• nominal

• ferment

• wheedle

• ascribe

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

No matter what their other likes or dislikes are, all Americans thoroughly _______ slavery in all its forms.

• expiate

• commiserate

• abominate

• ferment

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Certain languages, such as Afrikaans and Gullah, are the product of _____, and were created when two societies merged.

• proclivity

• adventitious

• acculturation

• noncommittal

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Some people say that they cannot understand her defeat in the election, but I ______ it to her failure to discuss the issues in simple, down-to-earth terms.

• ascribe

• peculate

• seditious

• wheedle

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

While he remained the _____ leader of the group, the real power passed into the hands of his conniving aide.

• nominal

• inadvertent

• circuitous

• noncommittal

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CCSS.L.3.2F

His line of questioning was so _____ that I began to suspect that he was not sure of what he was trying to prove.

• sangfroid

• circuitous

• inadvertent

• seditious

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E