(___________) ideas are very hard to explain. How do you explain being in suffering to someone who has never experienced it?
What is abstract?
100
tired, bored, unhappy
What is ebullient?
100
The American school system evolved according to ideas about the balance of work and rest.
What is system evolved?
100
Our dog will run away if the gate is left open.
What is "if the gate is left open"?
100
Sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator, Desmond saw Mom’s pristine birthday cake.
Desmond saw Mom's pristine birthday cake sitting on the top shelf of the refrigerator.
200
Some people believe that laughter is a (________________) that will make any sickness better.
What is panacea?
200
quiet, unassuming
What is raucous?
200
Summer vacation is so ingrained into our culture we hardly think to question it.
What is vacation is?
200
Because the storm knocked out the power, school will be canceled on Thursday.
What is "because the storm knocked out the power"?
200
Too tight for comfort, Rosalind struggled up the three flights of stairs in her new jeans.
Rosalind struggled up the three flights of stairs in her new jeans, which were too tight for comfort.
300
The young boy's (_____________) talent for playing the guitar was obvious when he performed in the talent show after just six months of lessons.
What is innate?
300
lengthy, garrulous
What is succinct?
300
Gladwell makes his point in no uncertain terms: the problem with American education is not bad schools or bad teachers—it is summer vacation; a highly solvable problem.
What is Gladwell makes?
300
The movie was good although it was too long.
What is "although it was too long"?
300
Twisting in the strong wind, we knew the hurricane was close as we watched the trees.
We knew the hurricane was close as we watched the trees twisting in the wind.
400
News of the attack on Pearl Harbor (____________) (ed) the nation into strong military action.
What is galvanized?
400
a fact, a certainty
What is a conjecture?
400
Gladwell wraps up his argument by noting that the solutions he is suggesting will require sacrifice.
What is Gladwell wraps?
400
This is the homework assignment that you missed last week.
What is "that you missed last week"?
400
Struggling with the algebra problem, the pencil tapped nervously on Kenneth’s desk.
Struggling with the algebra problem, Kenneth tapped his pencil nervously on the desk.
500
The attorney (____________________) (ed) to the judge when his witness was being badgered by the defense attorney.
What is demurred?
500
unimportant, unnecessary
What is imperative?
500
High performing and low performing schools record the same or very similar levels of improvement over the course of a school year.
What is schools record?
500
The moon shone on the ocean while the whales rose to the surface.
What is "while the whales rose to the surface"?
500
Marking his score sheet with care, Byron hoped that this week he would pass his vocabulary quiz.