Freshman Vocabulary Lesson 13

to speak or write in favor of; support

• advocate

• antipathy

• emancipate

• idiosyncrasy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Malik's parents didn't understand why he hated school until they found that the reason for his ___ was poor eyesight: he couldn't see the chalkboard.

• imminent

• antipathy

• idiosyncrasy

• advocate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to set free from slavery, captivity, or oppression

• advocate

• antipathy

• emancipate

• imminent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

My uncle asks very personal questions, but please don't be offended--it's just an ___ of his. He doesn't realize how odd it seems to others.

• emancipate

• idiosyncrasy

• imminent

• impede

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

about to happen

• idiosyncrasy

• imminent

• impede

• inclusive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Muddy roads ___ the progress of the trucks bringing food to the refugees.

• advocated

• emancipated

• impeded

• jurisdiction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

including much or everything; broad or complete in coverage

• inclusive

• jurisdiction

• precarious

• preposterous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Shakespeare's theater, the Globe, was built across the river from London. Officials had forbidden theaters in London, but the other side of the river was beyond their ___.

• inclusive

• jurisdiction

• precarious

• preposterous

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

dangerous; risky; dangerously uncertain

• inclusive

• jurisdiction

• precarious

• preposterous

Louis always comes up with ___ get-rich-quick schemes. Now he wants to open a donut shop in Antarctica.

• inclusive

• jurisdiction

• precarious

• preposterous