The Great Gatsby Vocabulary - Sec 2

Since John is an African American, he joined the Black Student Union in college to show _______ for his race.

• ravages

• solidarity

• complacent

• deplorable

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Being in the backseat of the car with her grandparents was an ______ experience for the teenage girl.

• interminable

• permeate

• forlorn

• tumultuous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

My _______ is that the couple's “good news” is the announcement that they are going to have a baby

• solidarity

• saunter

• complacent

• surmise

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

John's __________ behavior is going to get him arrested one day

• intermittent

• deplorable

• forlorn

• complacent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

We have won a triple crown but the big prize has ______ us three times.

• eluded

• implored

• surmised

• permeated

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

'What do you want?' he asked, sounding slightly _________.

• truculent

• tumultuous

• intermittent

• interminable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The soldiers returned home to a ______ welcome from their friends and family.

• tumultuous

• ravages

• solidarity

• complacent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The second half of his presidency was focused on increasingly ______ attempts to bring peace to his country.

• forlorn

• elude

• implore

• interminable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A feeling of anxiety _______ the office as we rushed to meet the deadline.

• surmised

• permeated

• eluded

• implored

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

That monument has been affected by the _________ of time and it is now in complete disrepair.

• saunters

• surmise

• deplorable

• ravages

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4