English 10 Lesson 3 Vocab

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word CURTAIL?

• They take pride in maintaining family traditions.
• The store closes three hours earlier during the off-season.
• Cara is careful to choose books that are the right reading level for her students.
• Of the ninety plays he wrote, fewer than six have survived.

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We do not ______ against older persons in our hiring practices.

• discriminate
• incarcerate
• perpetrate
• intercede

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Espionage

• to cut short or reduce
• a mending or repair
• a small amount
• the act of spying, especially a government spy obtaining secrets of another government

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Inalienable

• threateningly wild
• haphazard
• not able to be taken or given away
• having a very bad reputation

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Maximum security prisoners were ______ on Alcatraz, an island in San Francisco Bay, until 1963.

• discriminated
• incarcerated
• curtailed
• interceded

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Indignity

• an insult to one's pride; offensive or humiliating treatment
• evil; showing ill will
• disgraceful; vicious
• haphazard

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She was a/an ______ reader and devoured everything from comics to history books.

• inalienable
• infamous
• indiscriminate
• maligned

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Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word INFAMOUS?

• Secret wiretaps revealed the country's confidential plans.
• The apple was so sour that I was unable to take more than one bite.
• Scholars argue about who really started World War I.
• Al Capone was known for his role as a mob boss in Prohibition-era Chicago.

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Intercede

• to act or plead on another's behalf; to try to smooth differences between 2 parties
• to say negative things about; to slander
• to make up or repay
• to confine or put in prison

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The proprietor thought _____ his competitor's products would boost his own sales.

• interceding
• incarcerating
• maligning
• perpetrating

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