4A: Choose the Right Word [7th grade]

Being scolded for my shortcomings in front of the entire basketball squad was a ____________ experience for me.

• mortifying

• wayward

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CCSS.L.7.4A

Though her views about the rold of women in society are far from __________, even conservatives and traditionalists listen to them.

• fruitless

• orthodox

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

On the hottest night of the summer, the sheets on my bed became so ____________ with perspiration that I had to change them.

• sodden

• orthodox

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CCSS.L.7.4A

Walking through the meadow at night, we could hear mice and other small animals ____________ in the grass.

• scurrying

• wincing

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

We are going to form a broad _________ among all the groups that are working to improve life in our community.

• alliance

• wince

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

"Whenever you find _________ children," the speaker said, "you also find ineffective parents."

• wayward

• orthodox

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

I still _________ when I think of the two errors that cost us the championship.

• wince

• scurry

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CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.L.7.4A

All our efforts to control pollution will be _________ unless we work out a careful, detailed plan in advance.

• fruitless

• inflammable

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

That joke was so unfunny, even the comedian herself gave a(n) ________.

• alliance

• wince

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CCSS.L.7.4A

Our supervisor acts calm most of the time, but we have learned that he has a very _______ temper.

• orthodox

• inflammable

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4