Sadlier Level D Unit 2 Sentences

Though he had a great sinker ball, he was so _____ on the mound that fans started to call him "Wild Pitch Hickok".

• relinquish

• fortify

• erratic

• commandeer

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

A telegram was usually as _____ as possible, since there was a charge for every word used in it.

• adjourn

• terse

• tantalize

• illegible

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A(n) ____ student is one who neither fails any subject nor receives any grades that are above average.

• erratic

• mediocre

• lucrative

• salvage

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

The speaker advised us not to imitate the ____ kind of person who squanders time and money in the vain pursuit of pleasure.

• dilemma

• fortify

• dissolute

• lucrative

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

In spite of all the adverse criticism her ideas have received, she remains ____ in her determination to improve our community.

• unflinching

• illegible

• erratic

• terse

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Despite all my efforts to make this a(n) ____ enterprise, it continues to be a decidedly unprofitable organization.

• erratic

• expulsion

• lucrative

• tantilize

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Our doctor's handwriting is so ____ that my brother used one of his prescriptions as a hall pass.

• lucrative

• illegible

• mediocre

• dissolute

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Some people drink large quantities of orange juice and swallow tablets of Vitamin C in a valiant attempt to ____ themselves against winter colds.

• salvage

• fortify

• commandeer

• dissolute

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

How can you be so cruel as to ____ those poor dogs by offering them the leftovers that you will never let them have?

• tantalize

• dissolute

• terse

• admonish

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

He was a changed young man after his ____ from Meadowcreek for excessive behavior violations.

• fortify

• expulsion

• salvage

• terse

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4