Vocabulary
The art of influencing a person towards a certain belief of action
a) frugal
b) appraise
c) persuasion
d) maneuver
Patrick Henry knew that a revolt against Britain would be __________________
a. exile
b. inevitable
c. oscillated
b. inevitable
Synonym of renounce
a) peaceful
b) surrender
c) support
b) surrender
Synonym of peril
a) support
b) peace
c) threat
c) threat
Parallel parking on the steep streets of San Francisco requires a few careful and accomplished driving moves.
What vocabulary word relates to the sentence?
What is maneuver?
tried to be one who works to aid communication between two councils
a) silhouette
b) component
c) composure
d) liaison
d) liaison
King George thought that the American colonists were _____________, with no regard for their mother country.
a) exile
b) impertinent
c) ingenuity
b. impertinent
a) adequate
b) stillness
c) reject
a. adequate
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The long line of customers kept getting longer, despite the frantic, hard work of the cashiers.
What vocabulary word relates to this sentence?
a) detain
b) queue
c) solace
d) staunch
What is a synonym of propel?
a) influence
b) boost
c) oversee
b) boost
adjusting to growing from a young person into an adult
a) adolescence
b) custodian
c) consolation
d) refuge
a) adolescence
The once-beautiful cottage was now hidden by ____________ vines and thorns.
a) dexile
b) cultivated
c) rampant
c) rampant
Synonym of staunch
a) column
b) jeopardy
c) faithful
a) faithful
Pastor Fiedler's ______________ to the teenagers who wanted to grow spiritually was to read God's word every day.
a) recommendation
b) barrage
c) critical
a) recommendation
Mrs. Johnson's raised hand halted the ___________ of words from the excited students.
a) supplant
b) manipulate
c) torrent
d) ample
c) torrent
Kay's (repertoire, obeisance) included several classic pieces, and she sang them beautifully with (inimitable, unanimous) style and form.
repertoire, inimitable
The custodian toiled all night at the (ominous, tedious) job of polishing floors, fighting off the fatigue until the (shrill, livid) morning whistle signaled quitting time.
tedious, shrill
The (exuberant, aggrieved) Jack Russell Terrier wagged her little tail furiously and excitedly jumped up and down, giving her owners (seismic, ample) evidence that she was glad they had returned.
exuberant, ample
used sound reasoning to solve the problem
a. debris
b. seine
c. logic
d. torrent
c. logic
Sometimes God gives __________ provision, and sometimes he gives just enough, but He always meets the needs of His children.
what is ample?
Her face had the (semblance, seine) of quiet composure, but in reality she was frantically trying to think of a place she could find (parley, refuge).
semblance, refuge
After taking lessons in (elocution, cunning), Hailey no longer speaks in a (monumental, monotonous) tone of voice.
elocution, monotonous
Many people (balked, cowered) at the proposal that we build a new civic center because they thought the suggestion was (ethical, absurd) in view of our current financial shortages.
balked, absurd
The ______________ patient tossed and turned and murmured nonsensical things all night.
Name the vocabulary word
Delirious
a) huge
b) important
c) detailed
d) opulent
b) important