Vocab Sentences List #4

Having this many cold fronts in Florida is a weather ______

• aberration
• ostentatious

• rancorous

• tactful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The debate over the ___________ volcano's potential for eruption served as a metaphor for the underlying tensions in the community, waiting to resurface.

• dormant
• eloquent

• brusque

• spurious

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The expectations held in school have been called _____ because they don't always prepare students for a modern world.

• anachronistic
• proliferate

• tactful

• venerable

He has always been known as a ____ and patient person.

• benevolent
• boisterous

• dormant

• anachronistic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The students in the classroom are always _____ at the end of the day while waiting for dismissal.

• boisterous
• brusque

• capitulate

• rancorous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Her responses were ____, rude and off-putting.

• brusque
• notorious

• ostentatious

• tactful

At this time we have decided to _____ in this battle, as our sacrifices outnumber our gains.

• capitulate
• proliferate

• aberration

• brusque

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The author uses statistical evidence to _____________ her argument that social media affects attention spans.

• corroborate

• mollify

• evanescent

• pretentious

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Despite her nervousness, Maya delivered an _________ defense of her proposal, weaving logic and emotion into a speech that held the room’s attention.

• eloquent

• brusque

• ostentatious

• boisterous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The politician's attempt to ___________ the crowd with promises of reform only highlighted their growing distrust in his leadership.

• mollify
• tactful

• capitulate

• reciprocate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E