Vocab Unit 2 Review

Though he had a great sinker ball, he was so ________________ on the mound that fans started to call him "Wild Pitch Hickok."

• comely
• dissolute
• erratic
• illegible

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

When the national economy is expanding, new housing developments begin to ______________; when times are lean, construction slacks off.

• proliferate
• subjugate
• sully
• tantalize

The fact that you say you are truly sorry does not ________________ for the pain I have suffered as a result of your cruelty.

• adjourn
• compensate
• fortify
• jeer

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Their so-called peace initiative proved to be nothing more than a clever _________ designed to lull the enemy into a false sense of security.

• alien
• feint
• fodder
• jeer

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A telegram was usually as ___________ as possible, since there was a charge for every word used in it.

• lucrative
• mediocre
• terse
• unflinching

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.8.6

A(n) _____________ student is one who neither fails any subject nor receives any marks that are above average.

• lucrative
• mediocre
• terse
• unflinching

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

To enlarge the areas under their control, kings of old sent out their armies to _____________ their neighbors.

• proliferate
• subjugate
• sully
• tantalize

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

The speaker advised us not to imitate the __________ kind of person who squanders time and money in the vain pursuit of pleasure.

• comely
• dissolute
• erratic
• lucrative

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.3

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(v.) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

• adjourn

• alien

• tantalize

• sully

(n.) citizen of another country; (adj.) foreign, strange

• alien

• adjourn

• jeer

• feint