List 1: 7th Grade

He abolished the football team, planting an organic garden on the playing field.

• not growing or changing; without force or vitality

• do away with

• include or contain

• be a hindrance or obstacle to

I had so many questions it was useless to try to sort them into any coherent order.

• unthinking

• of or involving the home or family

• devout or heartfelt

• marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts

"Each test will comprise English and Mathematics items."

• precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable

• of or involving the home or family

• include or contain

• having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

President Putin has both international and domestic concerns.

• of or involving the home or family

• having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

• a feeling of strong eagerness

• prove superior

Her singing is earnest and heartfelt and completely awful.

• serious and gloomy in character

• having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

• prove superior

• devout or heartfelt

The sign, placed by an unseen hand, made the unspoken rules of the cafeteria explicit.

• unthinking

• devout or heartfelt

• precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable

• marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts

Because the mountains impeded north-south communication, it was much easier to coordinate the flow of goods and services east to west.

• be a hindrance or obstacle to

• include or contain

• marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts

• do away with

Humans, like other animals, are born with an instinctive motivation to escape pain.

• unthinking

• precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable

• devout or heartfelt

• of or involving the home or family

They laughed together, and I grew nostalgic for my old life.

• prove superior

• devout or heartfelt

• serious and gloomy in character

• unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things

Ms. G taught us that “Evil prevails when good people do nothing.”

• precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable

• having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

• prove superior

• a feeling of strong eagerness