Vocabulary Final (2023)

The _______ assistant manager was not very good at his job but made sure to boost the boss's ego from time to time.

• odious

• ubiquitous

• servile

• sycophantic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The teacher's lesson was hard to follow; it could have benefitted from fewer _______ and personal anecdotes.

• respites

• absconds

• non sequiturs

• honing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Marvel shows and movies are practically _______. It feels like they release a new one every week!

• ubiquitous

• sycophantic

• odious

• servile

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Philosophers and anthropologists often ask whether people are born with natural gifts or if people _______ all their skills over time.

• abscond

• respite

• hone

• edify

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The dictator's _______ schemes were soon brought to light by investigative journalists.

• nefarious

• ubiquitous

• impregnable

• ethereal

George Lucas has gone on record to say that the Flash Gordon serials of the 1930's were a _______ to Star Wars as he took direct inspiration from them.

• sycophant

• precursor

• transgression

• tantamount

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

No matter how many times I tried, I couldn't break into my brother's safe as a kid; the secrets of his _______ Superman box safe remain a mystery to this day.

• nefarious

• aloof

• impregnable

• saccharine

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The soldiers unwittingly _______ the borders of a sovereign nation and, as a result, had to flee from the native military.

• absconded

• decried

• edified

• transgressed

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

His _______ for driving teachers crazy was present from the first day of school.

• affinity

• non sequiturs

• bombastic

• trite

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The parents were left clueless about how to help their son's _______ sorrow after his breakup.

• jingoistic

• implacable

• saccharine

• sublime

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6