Vocabulary Unit

__________ in the testimony of witnesses to a crime can have a decisive impact on the outcome of a trial.

• discrepency
• assent
• plod
• infallible

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

When I am __________ in doing my daily chores, I have to spend a big part of the weekend catching up.

• dearth
• facile
• remiss
• unfeigned

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

eople with __________ dispositions can make life miserable for those who have to work with them.

• truculent
• pungent
• benefactor
• embark

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Most people support __________ programs to help the less fortunate of this world.

• chivalrous
• indomitable
• diffident
• altruistic 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Many judges are willing to show __________ to first offenders who express regret for their wrongdoing.

• clemency
• repose
• virulent
• temerity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Many a __________ suitor has lost his beloved to a bold rival.

• embark
• dearth
• plod
• diffident

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The novelist won high praise for her ability to portray the __________ emotions of children.

• unfeigned
• temerity
• indomitable
• altruistic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Workers hope that the threat of a long strike will force management to _________ to their demands.

• assent
• facile
• pungent
• truculent

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Columbus spent years raising money before he was able to _________ on his perilous ocean voyage in search of a passage to the Far East.

• repose
• embark
• assent
• facile

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

An employer may complain of a __________ of qualified applicants for available jobs.

• dearth
• clemency
• infallible
• plod

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A