He________the crime committed during his youth by a lifetime of service to humanity.

• expiated

• wheedled

• commisterated

• acculturated

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Since she seems to have a strong _______both for science and service to other, I think that she should plan to study medicine.

• proclivity

• tenuous

• sangfroid

• vitriolic

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Found guilty of ______ conspiracy and possession of illegal weapons, they are serving prison terms ranging from 35 to 105 years.

• seditious

• nominal

• vitriolic

• nominal

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Declaring the boycott to be illegal, the judge______the labor union from applying it against the employing firm.

• enjoined

• ascribed

• commiserated

• expedited

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Wines from that part of France are produced by ______the juice of the luscious grapes that grow on the hillsides.

• fermenting

• enjoining

• peculating

• abominating

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

As a diehard golf fan, Josh is unwilling to date anyone who claims to _______ the sport.

• abominate

• enjoin

• wheedle

• ascribe

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Certain languages such as Afrikaans are the product of _____and were created when two societies merged.

• acculturation

• tenuous

• inadvertent

• expiate

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Some people say that they cannot understand his defeat in the election, but I _________it to his failure to discuss the issues in simple, down to earth terms.

• ascribe

• wheedle

• expiate

• nominal

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

While he remained the ______leader of the group, the real power passed into the hands of his wily aide.

• nominal

• sangfroid

• wheedle

• noncommittal

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

His line of questioning was so _____ that I began to suspect that he was not sure of what he was trying to prove.

• circuitous

• vitriolic

• tenuous

• adventitious