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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 28
Midsummer night's dream
100
Claire had doubts about her flute solo in the upcoming concert.
What is qualms
100
Coach Sullivan was very clear in his demand that every member of the team attend every practice.
What is unequivocal?
100
The "sweat of his brow" is a familiar __________for hard work.
what is a metonymy?
100
"Roaring pain" is a __________for the phrase "pouring rain."
What is a spoonerism
100
The ____________"deafening silence" is the best way to describe the response to the principal's dramatic announcement.
What is oxymoron?
200
Scientists now have decisive evidence that shows the dangers of secondhand smoke.
What is iconclusive?
200
Many dictionaries include characteristic of informal language words and phrases.
What is colloquial?
200
Theo said it was okay to eat the pie that was cooling on the table, but I was ___________ and thought we should check with his mother first.
What is dubious?
200
Kevin told his parents that he was too old to be referred to by the childish __________Kevvie.
What is diminutive
200
Ruby and her mother bake, bakes cakes and cookies for a local restaurant.
What is bake
300
All winter long, Gus swung back and forth about whether to play baseball or join the track team in the spring.
What is vacillated?
300
Attach the labels, seal the envelopes, and take them to the post office before 5:00 p.m.
What is affix?
300
The edible arrangements on the table from Mother's Day seem all more precious because they are so__________.
What is ephemeral?
300
Our vacation plans are still a bit ________, but we hope to make them final by the end of this week.
What is tentative
300
A colorful assortment of toys attract, attracts shoppers to the store's display window.
What is attracts?
400
One example of an invented word "dot-com," referring to a company that relies on the Internet for most of its business.
What is coinage?
400
When the voting machine malfunctioned, an unknown number of votes were lost.
What is indeterminate?
400
JThe National Aeronautics & Space Administration is usually referred to by the __________NASA, which is much easier to say.
What is acronym?
400
"Smog," a combination of the words "smoke" and "fog", is an example of a ___________.
What is portmanteau word
400
If I found a newspaper or magazine article on the Web, I can use it without citing it because I found it in electronic form. True/False
What False?
500
Marita has always been fearful about air travel, but she decided to go anyway.
What is apprehensive
500
When several students asked for extra time to finish their tests, Mr. Bloom's absolute answer was "no."
What is categorial?
500
Isn't it strange that the words mom and dad are both _________?
What is .palindromes
500
Two riders on one bicycle can make for a rather ________ ride.
What is precarious?
500
A direct quotation is when a student puts the words of a source into his or her own words. True/False
What is False?