Vocabulary Unit 2 Test #2- Rutman

Umpires and other referees quickly become immune to the __________ of irate fans.

• jeers

• cheers

• applause

• praise

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The armadillos found in Texas are alien to my cousin, who hails from the Northeast and has never encountered such creatures before.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The defendant's refusal to respond to inquiries intensified the investigators' suspicion that he was concealing something.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The spectators celebrated the last-minute comeback of their team despite the mediocre conclusion of the basketball game.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The typically enthralling actress attributed her (mediocre, terse) stage performance to insufficient rest.

• mediocre

• terse

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

I can comprehend how ordinary individuals may occasionally feel (tantalized, jeered) by the affluence and opulence they observe on television programs.

• tantalized

• jeered

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The compulsion to make everyone conform to a uniform set of beliefs is entirely (mediocre, alien) to the essence of democracy.

• mediocre

• alien

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

When I inquired of my mother why she refused to allow me to borrow the car, she (comely, tersely) elucidated that she required it for her own use.

• comely

• tersely

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

While fear and panic are universal experiences, a leader of a prominent nation must possess the ability to effectively (tantalize, subjugate) such emotions.

• tantalize

• subjugate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The alien, possessing two heads and covered with verdant scales, expressed gratitude that the local inhabitants had accepted him despite their reservations.

• fodder

• alien

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C