What is the definition of "adamant"?

• refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind; unyielding
• flexible
• easily persuaded

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

The principal was kind enough to grant me a ______ for skipping class. I managed to get out of detention!

Match the following

• argumentative

• contentious

• spirit

• pardon

• the act of excusing someone

• apparition

• trick

• beguile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

I don't like it when my little brother ​ (a)   me for liking horses so much. I want my parents to ​ (b)   his behavior!

• tantalizes
• reproach
• deposition
• adamant

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the definition of "contentious"?

• angry

• harmonious
• argumentative

• agreeable

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.6

I can't stand it when people _______ small children on Halloween night. My daughter was terrorized by a candy bowl that was rigged with a robotic, grabbing hand, and she cried all the way home!

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CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is an "apparition"?

• A type of fruit
• A ghost or spirit

• A type of dance
• A type of car

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Mary Warren writes up a ​ (a)   for the courts where she admits that she lied.

• deposition
• pardon
• warrant
• reproach

What is a "deposition"?

• A deposition is a type of food.
• A deposition is a type of dance move.
• A deposition is when a witness provides sworn testimony outside of the courtroom.

• A deposition is a medical procedure.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Don't get ___________ with me young man! Do as I say, or you'll be grounded!

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4