Vocab&Violence

Choose all synonyms of the following word: "to squander".

• to fritter away

• to be strapped for cash

• to waste

• to increase

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CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

Choose synonyms among these options.

• intrinsic

• inherent

• tight

• poverty-stricken

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which can be an adjective? (Verbs are given without to, nouns without articles)

• influx

• poverty-stricken

• inhibit

• novel

Mark made a __________ from his bank account yesterday.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Mark was _________ to make ends meet, so he lived very poorly.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Mark met Lydia, who was ________ rich and helped him with money.

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Choose what to put in the blank: Lydia ... selling children.

• had gone broke

• had reverted to

• had made a fortune

• had splashed out on

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

As a rich person, Lydia helps Mark reach ... through means that certainly don't involve violence.

• the breadline

• resilience

• financial stability

• emotional equilibrium

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

After meeting Lydia, Mark became wealthy and was now able to ... money on pretty things he didn't need.

• squander

• live beyond his means

• splash out on

• inhibit

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Even though Lydia didn't like Mark spending that much money, she married him, and they became a couple that never experienced ... at all.

• wealth

• novelty

• inequality

• financial strain

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5