Week 1 and 2 Vocabulary, EB Academics List C

An expert fan or enthusiast

• Aficionado

• unscrupulous

• Sage

• Vocation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When something is not able to be understood

• Stupefy

• Disquieting

• Incomprehensible

• Barrage

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When one is dishonest and shows no morals

• Barrage

• Aficionado

• Unscrupulous

• Disquieting

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Before you begin writing your novel, you must decide on a form and a _____________________

• vocation

• barrage

• genre

• aficionado

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

In a few months there were ____________________________ signs of the growing unpopularity of the king.

• barrage

• stupefy

• sage

• disquieting

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Before leaving for college, I got some ______________ advice from my older brother about living alone.

• barrage

• sage

• aficionado

• compel

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

__________________________ con artists try to trick people into giving money towards a fake cause.

• sage

• incomprehensible

• disquieting

• unscrupulous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The question on the game show seemed to ______________________ all of the contestants as none knew the answer.

• stupefy

• compel

• barrage

• sage

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Between the two of them, they keep up a relentless ____________________ of talking.

• vocation

• barrage

• genre

• compel

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

He studied both law and medicine, but found his real _____________________ in politics

• barrage

• aficionado

• vocation

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4