Vocabulary 1

Let us not forget that the early fighters for women's rights were greeted with the ___ of the unthinking mob.

• gibes

• guises

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

The young prince, who much preferred blue jeans, had to dress in the ___ robes designed for the coronation.

• stolid

• opulent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Do you expect me to listen to a lot of tired old ideas dressed up in the ___ of brilliant new insights?

• guise

• fortitude

Because of my inexperience, I did not recognize at first his ___ attempts to undermine our employer's confidence in me.

• ambidextrous

• insidious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

In this scene of wild jubilation, my ___ roommate continued to eat his peanut butter sandwich as though nothing had happened.

• stolid

• tentative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

I must have been ___ of my senses when I bought that old car.

• bereft

• pliable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The speaker ___ all the facts and figures at her command to support her argument.

• deployed

• adulterated

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

Because the situation is changing so rapidly, any plans we make to deal with the emergency can be no more than ___.

• verbatim

• tentative

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

How annoying to hear the same silly advertising slogans ___ endlessly on television.

• reiterated

• gaped

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Having learned to respect the power in his opponent's fists, the boxer moved ___ around the center of the ring.

• stolidly

• warily

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E