A-E Words

The nurse showed ________ to her patient by treating him gently and with great care.

• compassion

• anarchy

• ebullience

• belittlement

Throwing a pop bottle across the classroom is simply an ________ decision!

• cumbersome

• baleful

• asinine

• dearth

Usually cheerful and happy, Alex was definitely NOT acting like his ________ self.

• ebullient

• dastardly

• contradictory

• ambiguous

The rude teacher ________ her student by calling her dumb.

• elongated

• decelerated

• acclimated

• belittled

The fire department had been unable to ________ the cause of the fire.

• correlate

• babble

• ascertain

• debase

If you assimilate into a new culture, you....

• reject the culture.

• fit into the culture.

• enjoy the culture.

• question the culture.

Sarah ________ herself by saying that she didn't care for high fashion, yet was showing off her new Gucci purse.

• contradicted

• elongated

• dearthed

• baffled

Which animal has an elongated neck?

• turtle

• elephant

• giraffe

• jaguar

Every once in awhile I like to pick up a paintbrush and ________ in art.

• acclimate

• correlate

• baffle

• dabble

Many teachers ________ their income by having a side job.

• augment

• debase

• balk

• elongate