Freshman Vocab. Quiz Lesson 13

Some gardeners consider chemicals and pesticides harmful; instead, they ___ using "organic" methods of growing fruits and vegetables.

• advocate

• emancipate

• impede

• jurisdiction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Malik's parents didn't understand why he hated school until they found that the reason for his ___ was poor eyesight: he couldn't see the board.

• antipathy

• idiosyncrasy

• impede

• jurisdiction

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

to set free from slavery, captivity, or oppression

• advocate

• emancipate

• idiosyncrasy

• impede

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

My uncle asks very personal questions, but please don't be offended--it's just an ___ of his. He doesn't realize how odd it seems to others.

• antipathy

• idiosyncrasy

• advocate

• jurisdiction

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

We canceled the picnic because a thunderstorm seemed ___.

• imminent

• inclusive

• precarious

• preposterous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

to delay or slow; get in the way of

• advocate

• antipathy

• emancipate

• impede

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The cost of the vacation package was ___, covering our airfare and all hotels, meals, and tours.

• imminent

• inclusive

• precarious

• preposterous

Shakespeare's theater, the Globe, was built across the river from London. Officials had forbidden theaters in London, but the other side of the river was beyond their ___.

• antipathy

• emancipate

• idiosyncrasy

• jurisdiction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

dangerous; risky; dangerously uncertain

• imminent

• inclusive

• precarious

• preposterous

contrary to nature or reason and thus laughable; absurd

• imminent

• inclusive

• precarious

• preposterous