Oedipus at Colonus & Antigone Vocabulary Review Fill-in-Blank

The Purdue Pharmaceutical will __________ any claims of negligence in the case involving Oxycontin's risk of addiction.

• foment

• allude

• repudiate

• obdurate

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The newspaper editor was accused of __________ when he encouraged his fans to rise up against police officers.

• reticence

• sedition

• foment

• reprobate

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Firefighters deserve to be granted with the utmost __________ for their loyal and at time, risky service.

• unremitting

• bane

• brevity

• deference

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If the criminal wants to get his sentence reduced, he must __________ his accomplice’s whereabouts.

• recompense

• flout

• divulge

• foment

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Relish the moment because fate is __________ and you never know what turn your life may take.

• obdurate

• intemperate

• bereft

• capricious

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

After being beaten quite badly in the match, the boxer felt a/an __________ sense of humiliation.

• bereft

• ineffable

• capricious

• intemperate

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Since loneliness can be the __________ of old age, it’s important to maintain friendships and family connections as we grow older.

• sedition

• reprobate

• brevity

• bane

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Once you __________ the regulations of the IRS, you will likely spend a long time trying to get out of the hole you dug for yourself.

• flout

• divulge

• sedition

• reprobate

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

For the dedicated searchers, there are clues hidden in the forest which __________ to the treasure’s location.

• allude

• foment

• repudiate

• flout

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The detective tried to push the suspect past his __________ and get him to break his silence in the interrogation room

• sedition

• bane

• reticence

• unremitting

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4