Level E Unit 4: Choosing the Right Word

When I found myself flushed with anger, I realized that I was not so _____________ to their bitter sarcasm as I had though I was!

• scrupulous
• invulnerable

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Lincoln said, "If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and ________________ ."

• esteem
• attainment

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Vast wealth, elegant clothes, and a _____________ manner may make a snob, but they do not of themselves make a person a true gentleman or lady.

• finite
• supercilious

I found your criticism of my conduct unpleasant, but I had to admit that your remarks were __________________ .

• venial
• cogent

She is the kind of person who has many _______________ but seems unable to to put them to any practical use.

• panaceas
• attainments

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Her bright, optimistic manner did much to ________________ the atmosphere of gloom that had settled over the meeting.

• ascertain
• disperse

Nothing he may _________________ to the next generation can be more precious than the memory of his long life of honorable public service.

• expunge
• bequeath

Though the couple have spent years studying African history, they do not claim to be ____________________ in that field.

• ominscient
• cogent

Scientists have concluded that a sudden catastrophe ______________ dinosaurs from the face of the Earth.

• expunged
• converged

Instead of blaming a _____________ fate for your failures, why not look for the causes within yourself?

• malevolent
• invulnerable

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5B