Vocabulary List #5 2024-2025 Sentences

Her ______ critique of the school board’s decision, laced with biting sarcasm rather than constructive insight, alienated even those who initially agreed with her position.

• acerbic

• meticulous

• salient

• pejorative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

His decision to cancel the meeting was completely ________, with no clear reasoning behind it.

• arbitrary

• convoluted

• egregious

• tenuous

An ________ strategist, she was quick to spot weaknesses in the opposing team's defense.

• astute

• arbitrary

• salient

• tenuous

His ______ remarks during the debate merely echoed popular opinions without originality, revealing a lack of independent thought rather than genuine insight.

• derivative

• hegemony

• replete

• undermine

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

The plot of the film was so ________ that I found myself lost halfway through.

• convoluted

• astute

• tenuous

• meticulous

The reporter worked carefully to ________ the claims made by the witnesses in her story.

• buttress

• discourse

• acerbic

• perfunctory

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

His behavior was ________, with a series of offensive and inappropriate remarks.

• egregious

• acerbic

• replete

• verisimilitude

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The author argues that cultural ______ is maintained not through force alone but through subtle influences on language, education, and social norms that shape what people accept as “normal.”

• hegemony

• pejorative

• convoluted

• arbitrary

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Public ______ surrounding climate policy often reveals how word choice and framing influence which perspectives gain legitimacy and which are marginalized.

• discourse

• trepidation

• buttress

• egregious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The investigation uncovered evidence that seemed to ______ several high-ranking officials, despite their public claims of ignorance.

• implicate

• astute

• discourse

• undermine

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E