Vocabulary Power Plus 9

After two weeks without water the SERE plant broke at the stem.

• unkempt

• dry and withered

• faultless

• silly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The jury was shocked by the young woman's HEINOUS crimes.

• without sense

• faultless

• hatefully evil

• unkempt

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The soft, shimmering moonlight ENHANCED the beauty of the lake.

• to increase the beauty of something

• generous in forgiving

• to confine

• to strive to be equal to

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The salesman kept calling me "ma'am" in such an UNCTUOUS tone that I did not trust him.

• faultless

• unkempt

• hatefully evil

• exaggeratedly polite

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Allowing the man who had insulted him to stay for dinner was a MAGNANIMOUS gesture on Robert's part.

• feeling regret for having committed wrongdoing

• dry and withered

• noble; generous in forgiving

• faultless

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The speech therapist POSTULATED that the woman's tongue ring interfered with her enunciation.

• to work toward a goal

• to assume or claim as true

• to retain in legal custody

• to strive to imitate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The CONTRITE child wished she had never thought of playing baseball near the greenhouse.

• feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

• insincerely polite

• unkempt

• faultless

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The lyricist and composer COLLABORATED on the stage musical.

• to summon forth

• to strive to be equal to

• to confine

• to work with another toward a goal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The police IMPOUNDED Dave's car after they found traces of drugs on his seats.

• to increase the value of

• to confine; to retain in legal custody

• to summon forth

• to imitate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Karl's appearance was IMPECCABLE from his polished shoes to his neatly combed hair.

• faultless

• dry and withered

• insincerely polite

• noble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C