Vocabulary 8, Sadlier E

I must give you the sad news that correct spelling and good grammar are not, and never will be ___.

• obsolete

• decrepit

• ingenuous

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The owner of the used car dealership showed poor judgment when he decided to publicly ___ his employees' suggestions for improved customer service.

• deride

• revel

• stultify

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Her moods seem to go from one extreme to the other--from deepest ___ to unlimited enthusiasm.

• apathy

• condolence

• animosity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Some people are ___ readers, with a lively appetite for all types of fiction and nonfiction.

• parsimonious

• compatible

• omnivorous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

So we are faced with that old ___-an income that simply can't be stretched to cover the things that we simply must have.

• animosity

• reprisal

• quandary

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

I think we should offer congratulations rather than ___ for the disappearance of that battered old heap you called a car.

• revels

• condolences

• apathy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

If you can't ___ me for my efforts to help you, at least don't criticize me for not giving you everything you want.

• commend

• deride

• revel

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

I was ___ when my counselor told me I was short on credits.

• parsimonious

• apprehensive

• suave

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Can you be so ___ that you don't realize she is paying us all those phony compliments to get something out of us?

• apprehensive

• ingenuous

• compatible

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The handful of ___ students who refuse to obey classroom rules are violating the rights of the majority.

• recalcitrant

• compatible

• parsimoniouos

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F