VOCAB UNIT 14 ONLINE WORK

Shakespeare's advice about dressing "rich" and not " ______" still holds true in today's fashion world.

• affliction

• akin

• gaudy

• impartial

He claimed to be a famous multimillionaire, but when he tried to borrow money for a bus ticket, we realized he was nothing more than an (a)   .

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

My mind and body were so ____ by the stifling heat that afternoon; I couldn't do anything at all.

• meditated

• oppressed

• transmitted

• vanquished

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CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

I'd describe nostalgia as a feeling more (a)   to yearning than to grief.

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CCSS.L.3.2F

The speaker had important things to say, but his way of expressing himself was so unimaginative and (a)   that he lost our interest and attention.

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Is it necessary for you to go into the woods to ______ every time that you have to make a simple decision?

• oppress

• akin

• affliction

• meditate

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CCSS.L.3.2F

We are so accustomed to TV that we tend to forget what a marvel it is to (a)   colored images from one place to another.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Each scholarship candidate was identified by a number so that the people doing the grading would be absolutely _____ as to who would win.

• gaudy

• impartial

• pedestrian

• transmit

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Is there any country in the world by which the terrible (a)   of cancer has been entirely overcome?

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Education and compassion are the only weapons by which we will _____ prejudice and superstition once and for all.

• vanquish

• gaudy

• transmit

• impostor

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CCSS.L.3.2F