Collection 5 Vocabulary

The drill sergeant spoke ______ to the new Marine, urging him to run faster in a commanding voice.

• apathetically

• composedly

• imperative

• peremptorily

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Love is an ______ feeling that is difficult to understand and define.

• oppressive

• intangible

• repression

• imperative

The ________ dictator prevented the media from printing anything negative about his regime and arrested anyone who spoke out against him.

• repression

• poignant

• oppressive

• apprehension

It took the detective eleven years to find the ______ criminal who had been hiding out in Argentina under an assumed identity.

• elusive

• imperative

• intangible

• poignant

Despite the child's repeated______, his mother did not give into his pleas for candy.

• conflagrations

• illuminations

• importunities

• repressions

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The child ran along the beach with a wild _______ that made me jealous of how carefree and joyful she was.

• repression

• abandonment

• composedly

• apprehension

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Despite her anxiety, the woman sat _______ with a relaxed look on her face and answered the detectives questions without hesitation.

• apprehension

• apathetically

• peremptorily

• composedly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The enormous ______ in Northern California destroyed hundreds of homes and left acres of trees burnt to the ground.

• conflagration

• illumination

• repression

• apprehension

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

With great _______, the young girl mounted the American Idol stage and flawlessly belted out her rendition of "I Will Always Love You" despite her nervousness.

• repression

• apprehension

• illumination

• importunities.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The final episode of the show I had been binge watching was so ______ and heartwarming that I cried happy tears for at least a half an hour after it ended.

• elusive

• oppressive

• imperative

• poignant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4