2A Vocab 1 Review

Occasionally a teacher will come across a child who displays ______ abilities when taught to write.

• ambidextrous

• dour

• stolid

• pliable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Individuals who live to be very old eventually find themselves completely ____ of friends and family.

• dour

• insidious

• bereft

• unkempt

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Dickens's Mr. Gradgrind in the novel Hard Times is an example of a character with a ______ and sullen personality.

• insidious

• dour

• ambidextrous

• opulent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The hikers made their way _____ up the steep and rocky trail.

• stolid

• dour

• unkempt

• warily

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

According to my parents, the latest fashions make me and my friends look ____.

• unkempt

• guise

• stolid

• pliable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

______ people can generally be expected to take most things in stride.

• tentative

• bereft

• insidious

• stolid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Spools of _____ copper wire are standard equipment for many kinds of maintenance workers, including electricians.

• pliable

• tentative

• reiterate

• insidious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The residents of the Mississippi delta showed remarkable _____ during and after the flood that destroyed their homes and businesses.

• guise

• fortitude

• intimation

• verbatim

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The recruits rushed into battle so that no one could ____ at them for cowardice.

• gibe

• gape

• augment

• adulterate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The thieves gained entry to the home by presenting themselves in the ______ of police officers.

• fortitude

• warily

• intimation

• guise

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F