Unit 2, Ch. 9 Vocabulary

A computer, a smartphone, and a printer are _____________ tools for many self-employed people.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Someone has managed to ___________ a tomato and a potato into one plant.

• curtail

• incorporate

• squander

• succumb

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The best incentive to do my homework is...

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

____________ rain kept interrupting the ballgame.

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The sight of her bandaged husband in an oxygen tent _________(e)d Claire.

• rigor

• curtail

• digress

• devastate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Carl tried hard to ignore the double-fudge chocolate cake on the menu, but he finally ________(e)d and ordered a slice.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

What is something that you have squandered?

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Because our history teacher loved to talk, we often could get him to _________ from the lesson by asking him a question about sports or politics.

• devastate

• curtail

• digress

• incentive

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The man on the street corner offered to sell me a watch,

  but he quickly ________(e)d his sales pitch when he saw

  a police officer approaching.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Many teenagers don’t foresee the _________s of parenthood, such as staying up all night with a sick child.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E