English 12-9 Vocabulary 3-14-22

The boy was taken into custody and charged with attempting to_____________________________, police said.

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

The hill fields are left _________ for ten years after two years' cultivation.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

Crime and the fear of crime are the most serious___________ on our inner cities.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

(Review) an opening maneuver or action one uses to gain advantage

• blight 
• gambit
• obsequy 
• fealty 

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Fearful and afraid, the _____________ of the city hid in their homes.

• paramount

• denizens

• exemplify

• dichotomy

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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

The styling and color of the gown _________ me, but I could not afford such an extravagant purchase. 

• enticed
• gambit
• hone 
• gorge

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to please or satisfy

• gratify

• verb

• gradify

• adjective

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

I hate being stuck behind _______________ motorists on the freeway.

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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

When the president took his oath, he swore ____________ to the nation.

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

All below was a dark blue twilight, as if for an _________ within instead of for one on the roof.

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CCSS.L.3.2F