Unit 16 Set A Choosing the Right Word

Who (prowled, empowered) you to speak for everyone in our class?

• prowled

• empowered

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

All those smooth words and vague promises are not going to (adhere, deter) us from doing what we know is needed to improve conditions.

• Adhere

• Deter

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

There is no one (trait, supplement) that makes him so like-able; it is the overall effect of his personality.

• trait

• supplement

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Come what may, I will (adhere, deter) to the great ideas and ideals for which our ancestors suffered so much.

• adhere

• deter

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

My yoga class helped improve my breathing and (supplemented, lagged) my training for running the marathon.

• Supplemented

• lagged

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The City Council has approved funds for a new playground, but we expect a (lag, misapprehension) of several months before construction begins.

• lag

• misapprehension

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

It is far better to know you are ignorant of something than to act on the basis of wrong information and (misapprehensions, traits).

• misapprehensions

• traits

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

My friend took one look at the statue I fashioned from stray pieces of junk and exclaimed, “That’s not a sculpture; it's a(n) (lag, atrocity)!”

• lag

• atrocity

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Jackals and other scavengers now (prowl, deter) through the ruins of what was once a great city.

• prowl

• deter

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

Have all these years of peace and good living (supplemented, stupefied) us to such an extent that we are not even prepared to defend ourselves?

• supplemented

• stupefied

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5