Vocabulary • Ch 2 - Grade 10 • Fill in the blanks

The two events happened _________ly at the same time.

• estrange

• concurrent

• distraught

• disseminate

The word "snake" may have a negative _________ due to its association with deceit and betrayal.

• connotation

• disparity

• divert

• dormant

The politician met with his _________s to discuss their concerns.

• equitable

• dissident

• egocentric

• constituent

The success of our project is _________ on securing funding.

• disparity

• constituent

• criteria

• contingent

The _________ for acceptance into the program include a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a completed application.

• divert

• connotation

• criteria

• deplore

His calm _________ during the crisis impressed everyone.

• distraught

• equitable

• dormant

• demeanor

She _________d the government's decision to cut funding for the arts.

• disseminate

• deplore

• constituent

• equitable

She made _________ comments about her coworkers' intelligence.

• derogatory

• dormant

• dissident

• deplore

There is a significant _________ in the distribution of wealth between the rich and the poor.

• disparity

• egocentric

• derogatory

• elusive

The organization's goal is to _________ accurate information to the public.

• disseminate

• criteria

• eradicate

• disparity