Grammar rules
The Crucible
US Colleges
Verbs
Fill-in-the-blank science
100
Adverbs modify these (three possible answers)
Verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
100
This is the reason why Hale arrives in Salem
He's a witchcraft expert looking for an opportunity.
100
Located in New York, this is the largest private university in the United States
New York University
100
This verb means to show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified
Vindicate
100
Scientists agree that Tyrannosaurus Rex was a __________ dinosaur, eating only other dinosaurs or their eggs.
carnivorous
200
One conjunctive adverb that is used with a semicolon to join main clauses (many possible answers)
accordingly again also besides consequently finally furthermore hence however incidentally indeed likewise moreover namely nevertheless nonetheless otherwise similarly still that is then therefore thus
200
She said: "I'll not be ordered to bed no more, Mr. Proctor! I am eighteen and a woman, however single!"
Mary Warren
200
This college has been ranked the number 1 liberal arts college in the US for the past few years.
Williams College
200
This verb, when broken into its parts, means "circle" and "write." It's used most often to mean "to limit."
Circumscribe
200
The biologists studied the moles' _______________ dwellings, which ran like networks under the farms and grasslands of the region.
subterranean
300
A gerund phrase functions as the ________ of a sentence.
subject
300
He/she said: "Is it natural work to lose seven children before they live a day?"
Ann Putnam
300
These are the eight Ivy League universities.
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale.
300
This verb's roots come from the Latin for "middle," and is commonly used to describe the intervention between two or more disputants in order to bring about an agreement or a compromise.
Mediate
300
The __________ of the earthquake was larger than any the villagers had experienced before.
magnitude
400
These are the three pronoun cases
Subjective, objective, and possessive
400
The time of year in Acts I & II
Spring
400
These are five out of the 10 University of California campuses.
Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
400
This verb means to require or imply as a necessary prior condition
To presuppose
400
The engineering students went on a field trip to learn about the __________ of common alloys used in industrial building.
Metallurgy.
500
Use the past participle of verb "to lie" (as in to recline) in a sentence in the past perfect form.
past participle: lain
500
One of the things that Proctor hates about Parris.
-He wants gold candlesticks -He only preaches hell and damnation -Proctor sees no light of God in Parris
500
On its main campus at Tempe, this public university system has the largest student population at any one campus in the US.
The University of Arizona.
500
From the Latin root meaning "to pay", this verb may be used when you want to ascribe something, like a painting, to someone, like an artist.
To attribute.
500
The __________ nature of the octopus's coloring helps it to both blend in with its environment and scare off potential predators.
Protean
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