The Gift of the Magi Vocabulary Practice

The charity was surprised by the ____ of the greedy corporations.

• discreet

• parsimony

• medicancy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Jennalise ___ Sunisa Lee's gold medal in gymnastics at the 2021 Olympics.

• parsimony

• imputation

• coveted

• instigates

After the alien __ the human and subjected him to some experiments, it injected him with an amnesia inducing drug and released him back to his native habitat.

• faltered

• discreet

• coveted

• scrutinized

We came late so we waited quietly in the _ until there was a break in the meeting.

• vestibule

• cascade

• parsimony

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

I resent the __ that I am nice to Grandma because she has a lot of money!

• instigation

• meretricious

• imputation

• inconsequential

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Joaquin was accused by the police of ___ a riot at the Global Climate March!

• instigating

• parsimony

• meretricious

• coveting

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

The mayor needs to address the homeless, in a state of _____ ,on Hollywood Boulevard.

• meretricious

• inconsequential

• mendicancy

• parsimony

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

As soon as you drive your car off the lot, its value begins to ___.

• covet

• discreet

• cascade

• depreciate

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The dancers in the show were dressed in __ costumes, which under the bright lights looked pretty.

• discreet

• depreciated

• meretricious

• faltered

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

We talked about ___ stuff, basically where we went to school, where we worked, so on and so forth.

• inconsequential

• faltered

• coveted

• meretricious

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4