Unit 1 Review - Honors IV

Ethelred the Unready was so reluctant to face the Vikings who invaded his kingdom he was forced to __________ himself off the throne.

• arrogate

• temporize

• emulate

• substantiate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The historian needed to scrutinize additional handwriting samples before he could __________ the signature on the document.

• substantiate

• eschew

• belabor

• congeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The speech was so filled with __________ that I found it hard to believe that the subject of the acclaim was plain old me.

• reconnaissance

• encomium

• largesse

• tenable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The poor woman was in such a state of shock after the accident that she couldn't give a(n) __________ account of what had happened.

• banal

• intransigent

• germane

• coherent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The Constitution is uniquely designed to provide protection against those who might seek to __________ undue power to themselves.

• belabor

• arrogate

• substantiate

• congeal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I am proud to have it said of me that I am stubborn and __________ when genuine moral issues are involved.

• intransigent

• coherent

• germane

• acquisitive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Even a very imperfect human being may sometimes have virtues of mind or character that are good to __________.

• reconnaissance

• encomium

• substantiate

• emulate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Your critical comments about my "lack of social background" may be true, but they are not __________ to my qualifications for office.

• tenable

• invidious

• germane

• insatiable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In that moment of grief, the conventional expressions of sympathy I had always considered __________ were surprisingly comforting.

• carping

• insatiable

• banal

• coherent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Aerial __________ of the enemy's positions provided the general with information he needed to plan his attack.

• largesse

• encomium

• arrogate

• reconnaissance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4