When I asked what happened, he took five minutes to get to the main point, I wished he'd be more ____________.

• Succinct

• Beguile

• Nostalgia

• Prescient

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The dark clouds were gray and _____________, warning of the night to come.

• Antithetical

• Succinct

• Ominous

• Nostalgia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The con artist tried to __________ his targets with flattery and gifts, so they would let down their guard.

• Nostalgia

• Beguile

• Antithetical

• Ominous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The Spongebob theme song always reminds me of my youth and I get a feeling of ___________.

• Nostalgia

• Ominous

• Prescient

• Antithetical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

My parents tried to teach me to be _____________ so I would make the correct choices in life.

• Peremptory

• Belie

• Anomaly

• Discerning

Her tense and serious facial expression __________ her easygoing personality.

• Anomalies

• Belies

• Discerning

• Peremptory

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Failing a test was an ____________, he always got straight A's.

• Anomaly

• Ominous

• Discerning

• Belie

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

My parents said I couldn't go out. Because of the _____________ manner, I knew there would be no arguing and went straight to my room.

• Discerning

• Ominous

• Peremptory

• Belie

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

My two dogs are _____________ to one another: one is social, playful, and barks constantly, while the other is reserved, quiet, and sleepy.

• Beguile

• Notalgia

• Ominous

• Antithetical

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

It was ____________ of my brother to anticipate how stressed I would be finals week. He planned an excursion to distract me.

• Prescient

• Belie

• Ominous

• Succinct

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6