Vocabulary • Ch 12 - Brave New World • Fill in the blanks

The diagram will _________ the process step by step.

• excruciating

• illustrate

• grievance

• discomfit

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The main _________ of a computer is to process and store information.

• hierarchy

• prosperity

• grievance

• function

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The hikers reached the pristine lake only to find it _________d by litter and pollution.

• defile

• latent

• coherent

• pathetic

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The vibrant colors of the flowers created a beautiful _________ against the green foliage.

• apprehension

• defile

• contrast

• establish

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

She felt a sense of _________ as she approached the podium to give her speech.

• estrange

• mollify

• apprehension

• confound

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Her ideas were not _________, making it difficult to understand her point.

• confound

• coherent

• discomfit

• sovereign

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The country experienced a period of unprecedented _________, with booming industries and rising living standards.

• prosperity

• excruciating

• defunct

• defile

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The _________ pain in my back made it difficult to sleep.

• excruciating

• distraught

• grievance

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The _________ ruler made decisions for the entire kingdom.

• hierarchy

• sovereign

• function

• discomfit

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

She filed a formal _________ against her employer for workplace discrimination.

• establish

• apprehension

• sovereign

• grievance

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4