Vocabulary in Context

Teachers and administration ________ dishonesty, cheating, and misbehavior.

• marginalize

• legitimize

• deprecate

• obliterate

I find an occasional conversation or a single text message in class a rather _____ activity.

• irrevocable

• macabre

• benign

• impervious

Dogmatic _____ can result in uprisings, riots, and violence.

• Provocation

• Ideology

• Nonchalance

• Derision

I have _____ about allowing students who are flunking to remain in class.

• Qualms

• Retributions

• Conjectures

• Provocations

Sometimes students _____ me by playing videos, breaking pencils and being loud in class.

• Trifle

• Obliterate

• Deprecate

• Provoke

Students should not _____ other students for being African American, gay, or female.

• Marginalize

• Deprecate

• Obliterate

• Legitimize

Students who do not _____ with my wishes will be excused from summer school.

• Marginalize

• Legitimize

• Deprecate

• Comply

My _____ about who will pass and who will fail this class will be proven or disproven on Wednesday.

• Ideology

• Nonchalance

• Derision

• Conjecture

If a student hits a teacher, he or she will be _____ for damages.

• Impervious

• Liable

• Benign

• Irrevocable

Dr. Mason prefers _____ literature.

• Benign

• Impervious

• Irrevocable

• Macabre