Vocabulary Review 1-30

After the attack on 9-11, the straight metal beams of the towers were reduced to a twisted and tangled ____________________ of metal.

• concoction

• contortion

• jargon

• headway

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

In spite of my doubts and ___________, I allowed a complete stranger to hold my purse.

• monotonous

• misgivings

• disdain

• adversary

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

High school students display more____________than elementary students because teenagers dislike authority.

• egregious

• imperious

• defiance

• exasperation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

My mom can ____________________ all my fears like they are thousands of balloons floating in different directions across the sky.

• emerge

• attentive

• falter

• dispel

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My boring English teacher droned on and on in a ____________________________ voice about comma rules.

• grueling

• monotonous

• apprehensive

• brackish

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The cook created a delicious ______________________ of lemon, garlic, butter, and shrimp.

• knoll

• habitation

• circumference

• concoction

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

There are four jagged rocks that ______________out over the raging surf below.

• jut

• falter

• barricade

• dispel

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Lisa gave me advice on my dilemma because she is the most ___________________, caring friend I have, and she always pays close attention to my feelings.

• egregious

• imperious

• attentive

• monotonous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Though the student had an important errand when the

teacher sent him to the office, he ______________ (ed) slowly through the halls in a long, winding path.

• meander

• emerge

• falter

• jut

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

The ______________________ of Chanel No. 5 floated

faintly through the air next to the perfume counter at Macy’s.

• circumference

• cunning

• fragrance

• barricade

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E