Week 4
After my brother was deployed in Iraq, he clearly felt ______ from his family once returning home.
What is estranged?
My friends are ____, but I am shy and I prefer to stay home and be alone.
What is gregarious?
I'm so used to adding and subtracting on a calculator that I've probably forgotten how to do those _______ problems on my own.
What is rudimentary?
In a dictatorship, _________ or any opposition group are not tolerated.
What is dissidents?
The Kardashians are _______ with their gated mansions, and they often __________ their yards with fountains and statues.
What is ostentatious and embellish?
After a tough break-up, it can be difficult to _____ hard feelings.
What is relinquish?
The latest research shows too much screen time is _________ to a teen's well-being.
What is detrimental?
For months after his wife died, Mr. Smith was _______;he wouldn't even visit his relatives.
What is despondent?
The photograph dramatically _________ white birch trees and a dark gray sky.
What is juxtaposed?
Many people who ______ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were ______ when he was killed, but then courageously vowed to carry on his work.
What is venerated and despondent?
When stressed, my health routine often _____ and my typical exercise regime stops.
What is regresses?
The president promised to run a ______________ campaign, but their ads were filled with lies about their opponent's personal life.
What is scrupulous?
Plant life is ______, since flowers can somehow grow in ashes from volcanoes.
What is resilient?
I _________ managed to carry a small pair of scissors through security at the San Francisco airport which resulted in a search by TSA agents.
What is inadvertently?
The ____ was found selling fake diamonds in the streets of NYC, and his ____ actions eventually cost him time in prison.
What is charlatan and illicit?
The students were _____ after Ms. King announced five grades would be dropped.
What is euphoric?
Our new meal plan instructed us to eat a high protein, low carb meal in order to have ________ weight loss results.
What is optimum?
Annie, a ____ about health, runs a 60 miles and week and only eats organic food.
What is zealot?
During college, many students are ________ by their parents, and others rely on grants or loans.
What is subsidized?
In __________, I should have traveled after graduating high school instead of living ________ through my brother's pictures and tweets.
What is retrospect and vicariously?
Teens can be quite _____ and not consider the consequences of their actions.
What is impetuous?
Ali wasn't using much _____ when he passed a police car doing 80 MPH.
What is discretion?
Some Native Americans ______ the wolf and raven, which could be seen in carvings on totem poles praising these animals.
What is venerated?
Television programming is often so _____ that TV has been described as "bubble gum for the mind."
What is inane?
Cameron is being ________ when he says he's as ______ a player as Lebron when on the court. Clearly, he can't make a shot.
What is facetious and dexterous?