Benchmark Advance Vocabulary

To make an urgent, emotional statement or request for something.

• to plead

• to contemplate

• to dribble

• to wear smb out

He was on his knees, ___________ for mercy/forgiveness.

• pleading

• plead

• contemplating

• contemplate

To walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them.

• To shuffle

• To contemplate

• To dribble

• To plead

I love ________through the fallen leaves.

• shuffling

• shuffle

• dribble

• dribbling

to dribble ____________

• a ball

• an example

• a worker

• a rope

to dismiss ____________

• a ball

• a worker

• a rope

• a good time

to pay ______________

• a compliment

• an opportunity

• a rope

• a worker

to set ___________

• an example

• cards

• a compliment

• your future

extremely hungry

• appropriate

• famished

• excruciating

• pouring

To spend time considering a possible future action.

• to contemplate

• to dribble

• to shuffle

• to plead