English 12 sem 1 Final

vigorous or bitter conflict or clash; a difficult struggle

My fall break was somewhat filled with _____ as I worked to secure a new living situation for my 83-year-old father. (complex)

• wayward

• strife

• paradox

• cultivate

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

evoking or deserving of sympathy or pity

The _____ situation in the Middle East is heartbreaking and terrifying. (simple)

• piteous

• palpable

• conjure

• malice

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to prepare and/or work on land; to till; to plant, tend, harvest, or improve

I try to _____happiness and peace in every aspect of my life.

• sanctified

• laudable

• cultivate

• futility

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

advice; a caution given

The brash young athlete arrogantly ignored the _____of his experienced coach; subsequently, he was benched the next game.

• indissoluble

• atrocity

• purge

• admonitions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

any thing that comes before something else

“All things have been attempted by some _____ in the family tree.”

• blanch

• antecedent

• purge

• strife

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to declare or assert; to assume responsibility for or to guarantee

I _____for his workmanship and dependability  to the scholarship committee.

• avouch

• procure

• verity

• prowess

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a statement that seems contradictory but also expresses a truth; a person or thing or situation that exhibits a contradiction

Her vicious outburst was a _____to her normally calm demeanor; she’d had enough. (compound)

• avouch

• curate

• paradox

• eminence

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to obtain or get by special care or effort; to bring about or get in unethical or dishonest ways

While the office clerk was distracted by the phone, he _____a picture of the document.

• appall

• blanch

• avouch

• procure

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

to pull together, sift through, and select information for presentation, as music or website content; to sort and select

Because I am a teacher, I often _____materials for my students.

• curate

• bough

• dire

• wayward

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; anything that foreshadows a future event; an omen

The darkening clouds in the west felt like a _____of impending danger, and she couldn’t shake the feeling of dread.

• purge

• harbinger

• mettle

• strife

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4