Eng. 2 - Vocab. 6

The businesswoman was a stickler for details, and her _________ accounting for every penny in her business was legendary.

• scrupulous

• finite

• nonchalant

• cogent

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In that play, the "bad guy" is the one who __________ about, slinking into the shadows as if he has something to hide--which, in fact, her does.

• skulks

• ascertains

• converges

• disperses

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The magician had what appeared to be a(n) __________ talent for reading people's minds.

• uncanny

• venial

• malevolent

• omniscient

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

That carpenter thought that arriving late to work was a(n) _________ offense, but he considered sloppy workmanship unforgivable.

• venial

• uncanny

• malevolent

• invulnerable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

proud and contemptuous

• supercilious

• scrupulous

• malevolent

• uncanny

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

American presidents often point to one of their school teachers as the __________________ who helped shape their character and ideas.

• discrepancy

• benefactor

• dearth

• clemency

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

After boasting to me of your family's great wealth, how could you have the __________________ to ask me for a loan?

• clemency

• dearth

• repose

• temerity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I admired the speaker's _________________ flow of words, but they failed to convince me that she had practical ideas to help solve our problems.

• facile

• remiss

• pungent

• diffident

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Planet Earth is a sort of spaceship on which billions of human beings have ___________________ on a lifelong voyage.

• embarked

• reposed

• assented

• plodded

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

She is a popular young woman because people realize that her interest in them is sympathetic and ___________________.

• facile

• virulent

• unfeigned

• remiss

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F