Summer School Freshman Week 1 Vocab

Instead of completing your assignment, you come up with the ___ excuse that your dog ate your homework.

• absurd

• plagiarized

• disclaimer

• noncommittal

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The dictator used military force to ___ his citizens into following his rules.

• enable

• coerce

• contemplate

• conference

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Before making a bad decision, take some time and ___ the consequences of your actions.

• ascend

• enable

• optimal

• contemplate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Earning a college degree will ___ Jake to get a job that pays a decent salary.

• coerce

• contemplate

• enable

• acquiesce

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

While I did not want to go to the show with Laura, her begging eventually caused me to ___.

• correspond

• acquiesce

• ascend

• contemplate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Although they are identical twins, there is a noticeable ___ between the colors of their hair.

• beneficent

• absurdity

• distinction

• acquiescence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Since Fred is very skinny, calling him Fat Fred is indeed a ___

• ineptitude

• disclaimer

• plagiarism

• misnomer

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

While everyone else in the room was scared of spiders, Robin had no sense of ___ when the eight-legged critter crawled up the wall.

• trepidation

• contemplation

• coercion

• ineptitude

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Even before we saw the horses, we could hear the ___ of their footsteps coming over the hill.

• trepidation

• inaudible

• optimal

• cadence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When the nervous singer began to perform, her voice was so ___ only the people in the front of the theater could hear her.

• inhospitable

• inexplicable

• inaudible

• optimal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A