Vocab Unit 1 Test

She seemed to feel that a snooze at her desk was not an annoying habit but the _________________________ of a veteran employee.

• prerogative

• hiatus

• umbrage

• approbation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

My broad hint that I had paid for the lessons myself brought smiles of ______________________ from all the judges at the piano recital.

• coalition

• approbation

• innuendo

• decadence

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

She hesitated to offer her opinion, fearing that they would take _____________________ at her criticism.

• unctuous

• hiatus

• umbrage

• assuage

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The various community organizations formed a ____________ to lobby against parking laws.

• innuendo

• coalition

• umbrage

• hackneyed

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An overworked parent may be unlikely to indulge the complaints of a _____________________ child.

• jaded

• provincial

• unctuous

• petulant

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

If you take pride in expressing yourself with force and originality, you should not use so many ___________________ phrases.

• jaded

• hackneyed

• elicit

• provincial

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to ___________________ her hurt feelings.

• elicit

• jaded

• assuage

• simulate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

They try to "prove" the __________________ of modern youth by emphasizing everything that is bad and ignoring whatever is good.

• decadence

• umbrage

• approbation

• prerogative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

My attempt to __________________ information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.

• simulate

• assuage

• transcend

• elicit

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Since I don't like people who play favorites in the office, I have frequently _______________________ against such behavior with my superiors.

• assuaged

• jaded

• interceded

• expostulated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4