The ___ child threw a tantrum after missing his nap.

• hackneyed

• prosaic

• irascible

• spurious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The teacher had to ___ the directions because the students weren't really listening.

• reiterate

• prosaic

• vernacular

• augment

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The student's ___ led to him having straight A's all year.

• spurious

• diligence

• prosaic

• precocious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The teacher was disappointed when the story I wrote had a(n) ___ plot.

• diligence

• hackneyed

• irascible

• opulent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

I'm so tired of my ___ schedule; I seem to do the same thing every day.

• vernacular

• prosaic

• reiterate

• augment

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The ___ three-year-old had the vocabulary of a college student.

• prosaic

• hackneyed

• precocious

• spurious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The farmer decided to ___ his income by opening a restaurant.

• reiterate

• opulent

• augment

• vernacular

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The movie star's ___ mansion was decorated in gold and diamonds.

• spurious

• hackneyed

• prosaic

• opulent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Claudia's grandmother couldn't understand her when she used teenage ___.

• vernacular

• irascible

• diligence

• spurious

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

I couldn't believe that Dale would spread such ___ rumors about me!

• irascible

• diligence

• spurious

• prosaic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F