vocabu review OnRamps

• "Luckily enough, ostriches are not _______animals and easily adapt to the climate in Bulgaria."

• capricious

• tangential

• fastidious

• meticulous

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

• There’s even a _________family member, John’s college-student cousin Blaire (Giorgia Whigham), with a surprisingly prominent role in the 16-year-old’s daily life.

• capricious

• tangential

• fastidious

• meticulous

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

• "I've looked for holes in the armor but Donaldson's too __________."

• capricious

• tangential

• fastidious

• meticulous

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

• "even the most _________planning cannot foresee every eventuality"

• capricious

• tangential

• fastidious

• meticulous

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

• The history of biblical oil prospecting is filled with _______ quests and colorful characters, starting with Welsie Hancock, a wealthy California man who in the 1960s dreamed that Jesus told him he would find black gold in the Holy Land. He sunk his entire fortune into two dry holes.

• capricious

• tangential

• fastidious

• meticulous

• quixotic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

This leaves us with the realists, who come across as sensible, _______ moderates."

• pragmatic

• garrulous

• taciturn

• eccentric

• milquetoast

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

• "her _________ neighbour quickly spread the news"

• pragmatic

• garrulous

• taciturn

• eccentric

• milquetoast

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

• "a solemn, _______ man, he did not endear himself to his colleagues"

• pragmatic

• garrulous

• taciturn

• eccentric

• milquetoast

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

• ________drifters that normally roam the farthest reaches of the solar system, these daredevils fly so close to the Sun that they pass through its scorching corona.

• pragmatic

• garrulous

• taciturn

• eccentric

• milquetoast

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

• I wasn't going to be a __________and let him steamroller me

• pragmatic

• garrulous

• taciturn

• eccentric

• milquetoast

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6