SB Vocabulary

Politicians often attempt to ________________ when they are caught in a lie; they try to spin the truth of their actions to make themselves appear honorable.

• obdurate

• dissemble

• repudiate

• rebuke

After Eman was ________________ for staying out past her curfew, she was quite ______________, sincerely apologizing to her parents.

• coveted/demure

• proscribed/brazen

• rebuked/contrite

• lauded/scrupulous

Political division is ______________________ in the United States; it seems that everyone is firmly on one side or the other.

• pervasive

• inimical

• scrupulous

• wretched

The issue of global warming is an _____________________ one; our choices about what we do today to address climate change will have an impact on our ability to survive in the future.

• ephemeral

• vapid

• existential

• tractable

Toddlers are often ___________________. They tend not to obey their parents when they are in their terrible twos!

• intractable

• coveted

• demure

• evanescent

Students in first period are often quite __________________, as they stay up too late playing video games.

• ubiquitous

• credulous

• torpid

• propitious

Which two words are the best synonym for unyielding?

• obdurate

• peevish

• recalcitrant

• credulous

The transition from _____________________ to expert requires only one thing: practice.

• veteran

• panacea

• coveted

• neophyte