Vocabulary in Context: They Called Us Enemy

Her ________ decision to take a year off before college made her parents nervous, but she knew it was the right move for herself.

• Bold

• Infamous

• Assimilated

• Renounced

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

To sleep like animals in such deplorable conditions was ___________, and left the family feeling embarrassed and angry.

• dehumanizing

• fallible

• interned

• radicalized

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Their response to the argument was a _________ that left the entire room cheering in agreement.

• expatriate

• internment

• counter-attack

• radical

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

The act was horribly gruesome, and it left the convicted defendants to sit with the ________ of their crime as the judge decided their fate.

• infamy

• fallibility

• internment

• renounced

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

The law felt unjust to everyone at the meeting, and in fact, some of the the more _________ members of the party were ready to take drastic action.

• renounced

• dehumanized

• seized

• radicalized

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

His teacher ________ the bag of Takis from under Harry's desk. Harry was sad as he watched his teacher enjoy every last remaining morsel.

• counter-attacked

• seized

• renounced

• radicalized

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Human beings are imperfect and _________.

• expatriate

• infamous

• fallible

• bold

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

After her boss made some questionable and possibly illegal decisions, the employee ______ her loyalty to the company and resigned.

• radicalized

• seized

• renounced

• assimilated

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

In her neighborhood, the girl was just one of many _________ who were living in Japan.

• radicals

• assimilates

• expatriates

• infamy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The missionaries' ________ was against international law, and the United States spared no expense in securing their release.

• seized

• dehumanization

• internment

• radicalization

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4