Vocab I
Because of the poor economy, the factory will immediately ____ to exist.
a. slink
b. resolve
c. cease
c. cease
Having spent the night outside, I made a ____ with a couple of squirrels.
a. kinship
b. wisp
c. outhouse
a. kinship
In the United States, people started to put in __________ additions to their homes to prevent any biological reaction in case of war.
a. remnants
b. outhouses
c. coal cellars
c. coal cellars
We have to _____ our own problems and not let people decide for us.
a. invest
b. resent
c. resolve
c. resolve
Which sentence is the main idea in the group below?
1. Mrs. Wesson lays down rules for Jerri to follow in her home.
2. Her sons come first.
3. Jerri can't tell people she is their foster child.
#1
I was ______ because I didn't do good on the exam.
a. gleeful
b. downcast
c. hostile
b. downcast
She was ____ when she saw her boyfriend with another woman.
a. gleeful
b. stoic
c. frantic
c. frantic
My nephew _____ his fingers into clay after molding it into a star.
a. retreated
b. bore
c. slink
b. bore
My brother and I are saving money, so we can ____ in a house.
invest
Identify the main idea from the group of sentences below.
1. They have to use the outhouse 50 yards away from the coal cellar.
2. Jerri and her brothers get a very small lunch.
3. Jerri and her brothers spend many grueling days in the coal cellar.
#3
My mother likes to bring ______ from her work. After some things have been sold, she makes small quilts of cloth for our baby nieces to sleep on.
a. remnants
b. kinship
c. coal cellar
Many children with a ____ are children who have trouble speaking or breathing and require surgery.
cleft palate
My mom was _____ at me because I did not do so good on the quiz.
a. glaring
b. pondering
c. ceasing
a. glaring
My roommates are talking about ____ stories that are not part of the topic.
a. livid
b. invariable
c. irrelevant
c. irrelevant
Which sentence is an example of a "minor" supporting detail?
1. Other countries limit the number of hours that entertainment shows can be on the air.
2. Poland, for example, insists that news shows be on the air for more time than entertainment shows.
3. And some countries, including Argentina, ban advertising.
#2
When the people got back home, they were _____ to see that they'd been robbed.
a. caustic
b. stoic
c. flabbergasted
c. flabbergasted
My friend ended up ____ because he was to exhausted to walk after running 20 miles.
a. pondering
b. trudging
c. resolving
b. trudging
My guard dog grew ____ against the intruders and scared them out the back door.
a. gleeful
b. hostile
a. gleeful
I close the door of my boss's room and return to my desk. I ___ into my chair recalling that I didn't get the promotion.
a. slink
b. express affection
c. invest
a. slink
What is the name of the novel we will be reading after LMMNR?
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
I was ______ the whole next night after watching the horror movie last night.
a. trudging
b. pondering
c. dreading
c. dreading
Some underdeveloped countries such as Mexico still have restrooms outside of the house for all their needs.
Which vocabulary word is being described here?
As I sat _____ about my life, that's when I decided to go back to school.
a. dreading
b. pondering
c. investing
b. pondering
I was ____ to find out my sibling used my toothbrush to clean the toilet.
a. coerced
b. gleeful
c. repulsed
c. repulsed
When is exam #1?
Tuesday, March 10th.