Vocabulary 13

At my niece's birthday party, I was concerned about the enormous amounts of punch, soda, and other sugary drinks the children were ___.

• imbibing

• sedating

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The police suspected that the statements were not made voluntarily but under ___.

• patent

• duress

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

They were so ___ in their praise that I soon began to suspect either their judgment or their sincerity.

• exuberant

• innocuous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Although he was ___ by medical problems, he always felt the joy of living.

• beset

• imbibed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Here's the ___, said Father: "Pass all your courses or forget about attending the senior prom.

• ultimatum

• antipathy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To a fussy housekeeper, even a/n ___ amount of dust on a tableto is unacceptable.

• infinitesimal

• applicable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Conversation at a dinner party may sometimes be confined to pleasant and ___ topics.

• stentorian

• innocuous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

A bank may ___ that all employees must be fingerprinted.

• militate

• stipulate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Without the ___ and generosity of donors and volunteers, many charitable organizations could not exist.

• compassion

• duress

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A ___ of the U.S. Constitution is dsplayed in many classrooms.

• facsimile

• decorum

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C