Vocab 8: Sentence Check 2

Craig is ________________ with bills, but he continues to waste his money. He’s _____________ to his financial problems.

• inundated; reticent

• circumvented; reticent

• inundated; oblivious

• circumvented; oblivious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The company doesn’t _____________ the policy of laying off workers. It believes that the optimum way to reduce the staff is by ______________; employees who quit or retire simply aren’t replaced.

• inundate; attrition

• sanction; attrition

• inundate; reticent

• sanction; reticent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Child abuse is ______________ crime, but children are often _____________ about it.Their silence may prevent them from collaborating with the courts to bring the abusers to justice.

• grievous; reticent

• grievous; vociferous

• circumvent; reticent

• circumvent; vociferous

Although my brother was _____________ enough to meet the army’s standards for enlisting, his eyesight was too poor. He tried to _________________ this problem by memorizing the eye chart.

• cohesive;circumvent

• cohesive; sanction

• robust; circumvent

• robust; sanction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The teacher of the “Cooking for Health” class was _____________ about avoiding egg yolks. “You don’t need yolks for a _______________ batter!” he shouted. “The egg whites will hold it together.”

• vociferous; cohesive

• vociferous; grievous

• reticent; cohesive

• reticent; grievous