Vocabulary, #1

Because memorial ceremonies are important, participants must act in a __________ way.

• decorous

• dogmatic

• despotic

• effusive

Toxic waste is __________ to the environment's plants and animals.

• deleterious
• dilatory
• embellish
• enmity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The new club president had __________ tendencies, always behaving like a tyrant.

• despotic
• enmity
• disingenuous
• dilettante

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Sometimes teachers are __________, and the students think they are too strict for no reason.

• dictatorial

• eclectic

• disdain

• deleterious

The old piano instructor was ________: he was good at teaching, but only used specific methods.

• didactic
• dilettante
• egregious
• disparage

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Wasting time during roll call is __________ behavior that slows everything down.

• dilatory
• deleterious
• disparage
• ebullience

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Jeremy said he was a great bowler, but he wasn't. Since he never practiced, he was more of a __________.

• dilettante
• egregious
• dilatory
• decorous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Angela was __________ when she wrote her algebra, making sure all the little numbers were easy to read.

• diligent
• emulate
• dilettante
• dubious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He couldn't stand people who cheated in the sport, and felt a lot of __________ for them.

• disdain
• decorous
• enervate
• emphatic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Greg was being __________ when he kept quiet about who ate the holiday cookies.

• disingenuous
• disparate
• decorous
• dilatory

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4