Unit 5 Vocabulary Review

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The farmer struggled to make a living from the ______ land.

• avid

• ponderous

• industrious

• barren

After waiting months for payment, the technician finally demanded ______ from the computer’s owner.

• compensation

• confrontation

• poise

• potential

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

In wartime, soldiers and their loved ones must ______ the anguish of separation.

• flounder

• capsize

• contend

• endure

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The lambs ______ in the field on a warm summer day.

• suspended

• attained

• gamboled

• expended

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Pitched overboard in the storm, the man ______ helplessly in the frigid seawater.

• floundered

• poised

• pondered

• gratified

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The terminally ill patient was ______ on his family for support.

• pensive

• dependent

• potential

• barren

The poet grew increasingly ______ as he received rejection after rejection for his work.

• despondent

• ponderous

• euphoric

• avid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

After weeks of fighting, the weary but determined soldiers finally ______ their adversaries.

• relinquished

• pondered

• contended

• vanquished

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

After their chance meeting, the happy couple believed that ______ had brought them together.

• confrontation

• catastrophe

• fate

• poise

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Although she needed much practice, the coach felt that the young athlete had enormous ______.

• potential

• compensation

• penchant

• confrontation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E