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Idioms
100
This is important punctuation that appears at the beginning of every paragraph. (NOT capital letter)
What is "indent"?
100
This word means "something that influences a cause or situation".
What is "factor"?
100
What word belongs in the blank? "The man who caused the accident had to _________ the victims for their pain and suffering."
What is "compensate"?
100
This word means " a dangerous, unsafe, or insecure position".
What is "precarious"?
100
This idiom means "to lessen in intensity or to relax effort"
What is "to let up"?
200
Each topic sentence includes a topic and a ___________.
What is a controlling idea?
200
What is the correct word to go in the blank: After questioning their son, the parents could _____________ that he was lying.
What is "perceive"?
200
The definition for this word is: "to free from a difficult or tangled situation"
What is "extricate"?
200
Fill in the blank: He loved fashion and his appearance was always _______.
What is "impeccable"?
200
This idiom would be appropriate to use if you found out your younger brother or sister had been snooping in your room.
What is "to hit the roof"?
300
These sentences come between the topic sentence and the concluding sentence.
What are the "supporting sentences"?
300
This word means: "to turn away; to keep something from happening"
What is "avert"?
300
If something relates to something else, it is ___________
What is "relevant"?
300
Fill in the blank: "He had never seemed interested in cooking, so his decision to go to chef school seemed completely ____________.
What is "arbitrary"?
300
This idiom means that you are unwilling to accept the ideas of others.
What is "narrow-minded"?
400
The concluding sentence should do this.
What is "restate the topic sentence".
400
This word means "to begin".
What is "commence"?
400
This adjective describes someone or something that is very productive, or that produces a lot.
What is "prolific"?
400
This word means "to fall in value; to lower the price or value"
What is "depreciate"?
400
the definition for this idiom is: a hopeless case; a situation having no hope of positive change.
What is "a lost cause"?
500
This is the size and font generally used for academic writing.
What is "Times New Roman 12 point"?
500
Another form of this word is "amendment".
What is "amend"?
500
This verb means "to draw out a response, emotion or answer from someone".
What is "elicit"?
500
This word means "open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning".
What is "ambiguous"?
500
If you have become familiar with routines and procedures, you have _____________________
What is "learned the ropes"?