ENG II CP Voc. Unit 1 Completing the Sentence

What a tragedy that in the twilight of her life, the unfortunate woman should be _____ of all her loved ones!

• stolid

• augment

• insidious

• bereft

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

We learned that beneath his _____ exterior there was a sensitive, highly subtle, and perceptive mind.

• stolid

• ambidextrous

• pliable

• tentative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Having learned to respect the power in his opponent's fists, the boxer moved _____ around the center of the ring.

• verbatim

• warily

• dour

• fortitude

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

Her unchanging facial features and controlled voice as she received the news gave no _____ of her true feelings.

• adulterate

• dour

• intimation

• reiterate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

An experienced baseball manager _____(s) his outfielders according to the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing batters.

• opulent

• augment

• deploy

• pliable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

At the risk of being boring, let me _____ my warning against careless driving.

• reiterate

• adulterate

• gape

• gibe

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

To this day, historians are still debating whether or not Aaron Burr was guilty of a(n) _____ plot to break up the United States.

• ambidextrous

• insidious

• opulent

• unkempt

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Since I need the speaker's exact words for my report, I have asked the stenographer to take down the speech _____.

• bereft

• guise

• augment

• verbatim

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The _____ expressions on the jurors' faces as they grimly filed back into the courtroom did not bode well for the defendant.

• bereft

• insidious

• dour

• pliable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Many ballplayers can bat from either side of the plate, but they cannot throw well from each hand unless they are _____.

• augment

• ambidextrous

• fortitude

• pliable

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4