Am Lit- Vocabulary Lesson 5

My grandmother once bought a "magnetic box" from a ___ who assured her that it would cure her arthritis. Of course, the box was worthless.

• dormant

• corroborate

• charlatan

• hoist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

In the days of the Wild West, ___(s) sold "snake oil" as a remedy for everything from baldness to insanity.

• dormant

• corroborate

• charlatan

• hoist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

You claim you were at a soccer game when the crime was committed. Can anyone ___ you story?

• proliferation

• corroborate

• disseminate

• illicit

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

Sid says he saw a flying saucer in the park, but no one else in the area has come forward to ___ his account.

• proliferation

• corroborate

• disseminate

• illicit

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

Campaign workers went all over the city to ___ pamphlets and flyers about their candidate.

• diverge

• corroborate

• disseminate

• illicit

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What would be the best way to ___ information about the next school board meeting? It's important for all parents to attend.

• diverge

• corroborate

• disseminate

• illicit

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The brothers' paths ___ greatly. One became a famous lawyer, and the other ended up in jail for armed robbery.

• diverged

• corroborated

• disseminated

• precipitated

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

In a well-known poem, Robert Frost uses a branching path as a symbol of life's decisions: "Two roads ___ in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by."

• diverged

• corroborated

• disseminated

• hoisted

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Many insects lay eggs that remain ___ all winter and do not hatch until spring, in the warmer weather.

• charlatan

• proliferation

• dormant

• irrevocable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A visit to Puerto Rico reawakened Anita's ___ interest in Spanish, the language of her childhood.

• charlatan

• proliferation

• dormant

• irrevocable

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E