Vocabulary

Teenagers and their parents often disagree about which clothing items are __________ for school.

• apposite

• opposite

• unseemly

• elaborate

Many blogs today are considered to be unreliable sources as much of their "news" is nearly _________.

• enervate

• reverence

• calumny

• veneration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Working dead end jobs that one hates can engender feelings of __________.

• invigoration

• enervation

• domain

• acumen

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Her friends noticed the _______ look on her face after the exam and immediately ran over to encourage and console Mary.

• sagacious

• dictum

• prudent

• vacuous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Aristotle brought about the idea of a _________ life or career in which people travel around a lot, living or working in places for short periods of time.

• peripatetic

• veritable

• stagnant

• habitue

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The rich and famous New Yorkers are often ________ in the front rows at shows during New York Fashion Week.

• enervate

• habitue

• calumny

• peripatetic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the grand scheme of things, so many of our problems are actually quite _________, and you shouldn't waste the energy worrying about them

• immeasurable

• infinitesimal

• vast

• vacuous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

TV commercials and print ads were the ____________ of marketing until social media became the most perfect, ideal platform to reach target audiences.

• lateral

• prodigal

• acumen

• quintessence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

I have straightened out the poster four times already, but it still looks ______.

• apposite

• askew

• prodigal

• habitue

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The unexpected loss to a second-rate player really _______the tournament's top-seeded tennis star.

• engendered

• serrated

• chastened

• writhed

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E