Vocabulary Power Plus Book 2 Lesson 17

Mr. Clover has the ___ ability to quote movies, even movies he has only seen once.

• circumspect

• penitent

• uncanny

• taciturn

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Elliott is a total ___. He constantly favors either his father or his mother depending on who supplies him the best treats. He has no loyalty.

• repose

• exodus

• raillery

• renegade

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

After a super long day, Latasha found herself seeking ___ where she could just lay down and enjoy a nice binge-watching of her favorite show, Parks and Rec.

• repose

• exodus

• scourge

• retribution

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Eddie found himself ___ in the argument between which flavor if ice cream was the tastiest; he was allergic to ice cream, so he could care less.

• caustic

• agnostic

• terse

• penitent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Nobody would consider Drake to be ___; he is always spinning a yarn about some highly unbelievable happenstance.

• agnostic

• terse

• taciturn

• circumspect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The fact that the theme park, Best Time Park, kept raising prices on everything drove a mass ___ from the park and into the parking lot of their rival, Good Time Park.

• exodus

• repose

• renegade

• abscond

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Sue's ___ words toward her best friend, Kaitlyn, was a cut too deep; Kaitlyn left and never spoke to Sue again.

• uncanny

• renegade

• vindicate

• caustic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Although he was usually ___, Justin decided to stave off studying for his Chemistry final which cause his grade to dip from a 99.99 to a 92.3 which took him from valedictorian of his class to not even in the top five.

• penitent

• circumspect

• vindicate

• caustic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The students' ___ for cheating on the test was to earn a zero and go in front of the honor counsel, effectively removing them from consideration by their top college, Yale.

• retribution

• abscond

• scourge

• terse

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Upon seeing the delicious pizza sitting on the counter, our dog, Moe, ___ with the dinner, dashing to his favorite hiding spot to nosh on his ill-gotten prize.

• vindicated

• circumspected

• absconded

• railleried

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A