Level D Unit 3 Choosing the Right Word

Either party has the right to ______ the agreement that has been made whenever the partnership proves unprofitable.

• terminate

• surmount

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

In a dictatorship, people who______from the official party line usually wind up in prison--or worse.

• dissent

• abridge

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

I am very much flattered that you have referred to me as "a(n) ______ educator," but I prefer to think of myself as just a good teacher.

• eminent

• gluttony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The robber barons of an earlier era often acted more like_______than ethical businessmen in their dealing with the public.

• marauders

• adherents

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

You had no right to______ for yourself the role of gracious host at MY party!

• usurp

• exorcise

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CCSS.L.5.5C

The few words that she grudgingly muttered were the only_______ of an apology that she offered for her rude behavior.

• semblance

• altercation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I feel like a _____ now that my part-time job has come to an end and I no longer have any spending money.

• pauper

• usurper

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Like all literary sneak thieves, he has a truly nasty habit of ______ other people's ideas and then claiming them as his own.

• pilfering

• exorcising

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The fact that many citizens are ______ over the new taxes does not mean that these taxes are unjustifiable.

• irate

• cherubic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

My cousin has so much imagination that he can _____ an excuse that even an experienced principal would believe!

• fabricate

• dissent

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E