Chocolate War Ch. 17-24 Vocabulary Sentence Practice

The _________ tea is too weak; the ice cubes melted, so it isn't as strong.

• haggard

• disembodied

• diluted

• precarious

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

I tried to _____ my best friend when her husband died.

• console

• dilute

• farce

• scapegoat

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The soldiers looked exhausted and ____ after walking forty miles through the desert.  

• diluted

• apathy

• disembodied

• haggard

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Sleepwalkers will spout ____ in their sleep since they are not conscious to fully make real words or sentences.

• farce

• gibberish

• scapegoat

• apathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The trail was a complete _____, the jury obviously knowing their verdict before proceedings even began.

• farce

• gibberish

• scapegoat

• apathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Now that the company is about to declare bankruptcy, upper level managers are looking for a _____ to save their own skins.

• farce

• gibberish

• scapegoat

• apathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The song sounded out of sync because the flutists were not playing ____.

• simultaneously

• console

• gibberish

• apathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When ____ takes over the workplace, very little work gets done because people become uninterested in their jobs.

• farce

• gibberish

• simultaneously

• apathy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

As I walked in the store, I was welcomed by the _____ voice of a person I couldn't see.

• precarious

• diluted

• disembodied

• farce

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

If you think the weather is bad now, see how ____ conditions will be when the hurricane makes landfall.

• precarious

• diluted

• disembodied

• farce

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4