Advancing Vocabulary

If people were __________, we could __________our erasers, our correction tape or fluid, and the “delete” key.

• Infallible, Relinquish

• Infallible, Regress

• Impetuous, Relinquish

• Impetuous, Regress

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I’m trying to be less _____________, but I still sometimes act on impulse. Later, in retrospect, I always _____________ myself for not using better judgment.

• Infallible, Berate

• Impetuous, Berate

• Impetuous, Estrange

• Infallible, Estrange

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Since my father died, reminders of him seem _____________. I know I’m being __________, but everywhere I look, I see something that makes me cry.

• Impetuous, Euphoric

• Impetuous, Maudlin

• Ubiquitous, Maudlin

• Ubiquitous, Euphoric

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Patrick _________ his wife when he wasted their money on gambling and ostentatious clothes. Since their separation, their young daughter has ___________ to infantile behavior.

• Relinquished, Regressed

• Estranged, Regressed

• Relinquished, Berated

• Estranged, Berated

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Our neighborhood basketball team reached its __________ when it won the citywide championship. The local businesses that had subsidized the team were delighted, and the players themselves were ___________.

• Zenith, Euphoric

• Maudlin, Euphoric

• Zenith, Infallible

• Maudlin, Infallible

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4