Honors English 11 List 4

Homecoming is coming up soon, in fact you could say that it is __________.

• eminent

• indeterminate

• imminent

• consecutive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

You should exploit any opportunities you can find to learn new skills and explore new ideas. In this context, the word EXPLOIT means:

• use a situation or person in an unfair or selfish way

• make full use of and derive benefit from

• make an action or process easy or easier

• add to (something) in a way that enhances or improves it

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

adjective not harmonious, incompatible

• incongruous

• integrate

• impervious

• indeterminate

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The word FEIGN means:

• move or cause to move at a great speed

• to persuade with flattery or gentle urging

• to reduce in importance or repute

• pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

She's always involved in some kind of drama, probably because of the incendiary comments she makes on social media. In this context, the word INCENDIARY means:

• lacking originality: banal

• designed to cause fires

• not harmonious, incompatible

• tending to stir up conflict

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Lately there has been a severe __________ of substitute teachers, bus drivers, and classroom aides in our school.

• dearth

• equanimity

• complement

• discrepancy

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

The word DERIVATIVE means:

• an inadequate supply: lack

• lacking originality: banal

• not definitely or precisely determined or fixed

• about to happen

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

verb make an action or process easy or easier

• facilitate

• exploit

• integrate

• cajole

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The word HURTLE means:

• pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury

• an obstacle or difficulty

• move or cause to move at a great speed

• about to happen

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

She has such an optimistic spirit--it's ___________ to any disappointment. She never gets discouraged.

• equanimity

• incongruous

• incendiary

• impervious

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CCSS.L.3.2F