Roots 1
a word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things would happen to others
malevolent
harsh sounds, bad noise
cacophony
I myself learned how to play guitar.
Intensive
Laura Dewey Bridgman lost her sight and hearing at the age of two __ but learned to read and write at the Perkins School for the Blind in 1837.
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Laura Dewey Bridgman lost her sight and hearing at the age of two but learned to read and write at the Perkins School for the Blind in 1837.
Which one is correct?
a. In the next play, we will try to tackle him and the running back.
b. In the next play, we will try to tackle he and the running back.
a. In the next play, we will try to tackle him and the running back.
(tackle who? tackle him, objective)
doubting; unwilling or unable to believe
incredulous
heated from within the body
endothermic
Help yourself to a cookie.
Reflexive
Australia's Great Barrier Reef encompasses a chain of coral reefs, islands, and sandbars along the Queensland coast __ the reef is home to tropical fish, stingrays, giant turtles, humpback whales, and thousands of other marine creatures.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef encompasses a chain of coral reefs, islands, and sandbars along the Queensland coast _;_ the reef is home to tropical fish, stingrays, giant turtles, humpback whales, and thousands of other marine creatures.
Which one is correct?
a. Last night he and his sister rummaged through the attic looking for old photographs.
b. Last night him and his sister rummaged through the attic looking for old photographs.
a. Last night he and his sister rummaged through the attic looking for old photographs.
(he and his sister are the subject)
goes against your gut feeling or common sense
counterintuitive
to feel sorry for someone, something, or a situation; to feel pity; to get together with someone to feel sadness
commiserate
Who is Mrs. Grote's favorite college basketball team?
Kentucky Wildcats (Go UK!)
Louis volunteers with the city parks service and he also cleans graffiti from public buildings.
comma,
Latrell volunteers with the city parks service, and he also cleans graffiti from public buildings.
Which one is correct?
a. Whenever we make salad together, my roommate and I crumble extra blue cheese on top.
b. Whenever we make salad together, my roommate and me crumble extra blue cheese on top.
a. Whenever we make salad together, my roommate and I crumble extra blue cheese on top.
to prevent something from happening by careful thinking; to get around something, to entrap
circumvent
how two different living organisms live together and depend on each other
symbiosis
Jane made herself some soup.
Reflexive
Before Ms. Joyce saw the Bitterroot National Forest she had no idea how stunning the landscape is in Idaho.
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Before Ms. Joyce saw the Bitterroot National Forest, she had no idea how stunning the landscape is in Idaho.
Which one is correct?
a. The children gathered eagerly around the librarian and I to see the puppet show to see the puppet show we were about to perform.
b. The children gathered eagerly around the librarian and me to see the puppet show to see the puppet show we were about to perform.
b. The children gathered eagerly around the librarian and me to see the puppet show to see the puppet show we were about to perform.
kind; good-hearted
existing or occurring within your own mind
intrapersonal
He found himself a new pencil.
Reflexive
Cody saw five highly poisonous snakes at the reptile sanctuary the boomslang, the eastern tiger snake, the saw-scaled viper, the banded krait, and the king cobra.
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Cody saw five highly poisonous snakes at the reptile sanctuary: the boomslang, the eastern tiger snake, the saw-scaled viper, the banded krait, and the king cobra.
Which one is correct?
a. Mrs. Flemming, one of the best violin teachers in town, taught my sister and I for many years.
b. Mrs. Flemming, one of the best violin teachers in town, taught my sister and me for many years.
b. Mrs. Flemming, one of the best violin teachers in town, taught my sister and me for many years.