Level C - Unit 7 - Choosing the Right Word

For many years the towns and villages along the Normandy coast of France showed the _______ of the great invasion of 1944.

• doctrines

• ravages

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Instead of answering my question, the skillful debater _______ by asking a question of her own.

• parried

• ravaged

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The captain was deeply worried, even though he tried hard to appear confident and ______ to the passengers.

• jaunty

• haggard

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

We were infuriated by the ___________ speech in which he tried to portray himself as a great national leader.

• tawdry

• unassuming

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

My mother's dream vacation is to spend several weeks on a(n) ____________ island in the South Pacific.

• exotic

• predatory

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

After waiting for news of her loved ones for several days, the woman looked careworn and __________.

• haggard

• menial

The immigrants never _____________ in their determination to become American citizens.

• wavered

• excised

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Even after pitching to no-hit games this season, Stan was the same quiet and ___________ boy we had always known.

• unassuming

• exotic

Thieves are essentially a _______ class of criminals because they like off what they can take from others.

• predatory

• jaunty

He hoped that election to the presidency would be the _______ of his long and brilliant career in public service.

• acme

• juncture

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C