Vocab 2: Sentence Check 2

Even though their knowledge of carpentry was only___________, the boys ___________ (e)d on building a treasure chest.

• Resilient, Scoffed

• Rudimentary, Collaborated

• Resilient, Collaborated

• Rudimentary, Scoffed

“Everyone gets _____________ (e)d at now and then,” Lynn said. “You just have to be ______________ enough to bounce back after a facetious remark.”

• Scoffed, Rudimentary

• Venerated, Resilient

• Scoffed, Resilient

• Venerated, Rudimentary

Many people who ___________ (e)d Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were _____________ when he was killed, but then courageously vowed to carry on his work.

• Venerated, Despondent

• Instigated, Squelch

• Venerate, Instigate

• Venerated, Squelch

Being illiterate until the age of 20 didn’t _______________ George Washington Carver’s spirit. He went on to become a great botanist--and a _________________ about using peanuts, from which he made such products as ink, shampoo, and linoleum.

• Squelch, Despondent

• Squelch, Zealot

• Venerate, Zealot

• Scoff, Rudimentary

At the time of the American Revolution, many people viewed those who ____________ (e)d the rebellion as troublemakers. In ______________, however, we view them as heroes.

• Instigated, Resilient

• Scoffed, Retrospect

• Squelched, Retrospect

• Instigated, Retrospect