Vocab List #3 Practice - English 1

Match the following

• the bestowing of a blessing

• Dismal

• smelling very unpleasant

• Malodorous

• Disgracefully bad

• Benediction

• person who commits a crime

• Nil

• zero, nonexistent

• Malefactor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

Match the following

• strengthen or support

• Reinforce

• genuine or real

• Bonafide

• not harmful

• Benign

• divide into 2 equal parts

• Subsection

• division of a section

• Bisect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

• She has established her position as a ________ celebrity.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The detective knew the ________ scent had to be coming from a corpse.

The eco-friendly company will only drill for oil in areas where its practices are ______.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The seamstress used extra stitches to _______ the zipper on the dress.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The chances of human survival in space without a special suit is ______.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The dictator was a merciless _______ who tortured his subjects for fun.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Because the critics called the play a ______ failure, few people purchased tickets for the stage production.

With the skill of a surgeon, the chef will use a knife to ______ the pie into two equal slices.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E