The Namesake Vocabulary Chapters 1-5

I told her that she had to ______ her speech because she only had a three minute time slot and it was currently taking her six minutes to deliver the speech.

• foray

• truncate

• goad

• reprimand

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The team looked ______ after they lost the volleyball match.

• harried

• supercilious

• crestfallen

• inevitable

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The ______ teenager wore all black, rarely smiled, and responded to his parents' questions with monotone, one-word answers.

• morose

• prominent

• tentative

• supercilious

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The marketing team had a _____ idea for the advertising campaign, but they were unsure if it was going to work and had doubts about whether the clients would approve it.

• prominent

• inevitable

• despondent

• tentative

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CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

The business owner was a ______ member of the community who many people knew and whose photo could be seen on billboards and posters throughout the town.

• inevitable

• prominent

• inviolable

• supercilious

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The _____ man thought he was super good looking and that every woman was in love with him.

• disconcerted

• inevitable

• supercilious

• despondent

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The volleyball player's _____ into the sport of soccer did not go well as she realized she was not very skilled with her feet.

• foray

• goad

• reprimand

• harried

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CCSS.L.11-12.3

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The mother felt like she had to constantly ____ her children into doing their homework; only with her pushing and prodding would they finally get down to business.

• truncate

• indiscretion

• harried

• goad

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

While planning the wedding, I constantly felt ______ because there were so many details to think about and so many tasks to complete.

• despondent

• harried

• morose

• prominent

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

The Army captain decided to formally _____ the soldier when he left the base without permission and the infraction went on the soldier's permanent record.

• truncate

• goad

• foray

• reprimand

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D