Vocabulary • Ch 12 - Lord of the Flies • Fill in the blanks

She spent hours carefully composing her masterpiece.

• compose

• tentative

• ensconced

• fathom

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She had a lot of experience in the field; _________, she was highly recommended by her colleagues.

• cower

• moreover

• tentative

• volley

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She made a _________ plan to meet him for lunch.

• excruciating

• acrid

• tentative

• moreover

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The _________ smell of burning rubber filled the air after the car accident.

• distend

• hamper

• acrid

• volley

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She refused to proceed with the project, _________ing at the idea of its potential failure.

• obscure

• balk

• hamper

• acrid

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4