Sadlier Vocabulary Level C

Ending three decades of ______, the two visionaries shelved Cold War differences to unite against a growing Soviet threat.

• crony

• enmity

• infiltrate

• abut

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

It is this sheep-like loyalty that has turned many a hard-nosed businessman into a servile _________.

• attire

• crony

• gaunt

• stint

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Her mother always sided with Jerry these days, so arguing would be to no _________.

• perceptible

• rankle

• proclaim

• avail

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

It is his _______hope that a peaceful solution will soon be found.

• abut

• attire

• fervent

• proclamation

to make something appear smaller or meaner; to imply that a thing holds little value or meaning

• excise

• parry

• convey

• belittle

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

lowly, humble, lacking in dignity or station; also one who does tasks such as this

• menial

• exotic

• juncture

• acme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

thin, pale, drawn, gaunt, perhaps from worry or suffering

• haggard

• menial

• convey

• doctrine

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

to transport or transmit; to communicate or make known; to transfer ownership

• ravage

• waver

• convey

• excise

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

to roll about in a clumsy or helpless way; to overindulge; a wet, muddy area; a state of moral or physical collapse

• wallow

• jaunty

• tawdry

• waver

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Define haggard:

• a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something;

• thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking

• a person who switches to an opposing side or party

• a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C