Townsend Press Chapters 9 & 11

Nancy has tried to _______________________ the ants in her kitchen, but no matter how often she sprays, they soon reappear.

• stringent

• standardize

• encompass

• eradicate

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Hitler is so ________________________ that his name has come to represent evil to most people.

• adept

• esoteric

• notorious

• austere

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When we decided to get rid of our chickens, I offered our three white hens to a neighboring egg farmer, but he refused them. He wanted to keep his all-brown flock _______________________.

• sordid

• stringent

• homogeneous

• esoteric

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A native of Kansas, Randy was ________________________(e)d by the towering skyline of New York City.

• mesmerize

• encompass

• grotesque

• notorious

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

My brother’s major—nuclear physics—is so _______________________ that he finds it difficult to discuss it at length with most people.

• austere

• sordid

• esoteric

• perfunctory

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Quaker meeting houses tend to be very _________________________ because the worshipers don’t want to be distracted by a lot of decoration.

• standardized

• facsimile

• provocative

• austere

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I was annoyed with Eileen yesterday. I felt it was ________________________ of her to try to sell me magazine subscriptions since I had invited her over for a social visit.

• presumptuous

• perfunctory

• esoteric

• provocative

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When Helen needed a kidney transplant, several of her friends insisted she take one of theirs. They didn’t realize there are _______________________ guidelines determining who can be a successful donor.

• grotesque

• sordid

• stringent

• adept

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I spend a little more money by buying my clothes at Bloom’s, but it’s worth it. The salespeople there give me sincere personal attention, instead of the _______________________ treatment I’ve experienced at other stores.

• provocative

• grotesque

• perfunctory

• austere

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When we were young, our grandfather would tell us colorful stories about his ___________________ as a circus clown.

• travesty

• stint

• metamorphosis

• entrepreneur

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4