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innuendos symbol archetypes proposition genres tone Unit 1 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. For a teenager, a parent is a ______ representing everything they do not want to become. Nothing is more mortifying than a parent. Unless that is a parent in a costume waving to you as you pass by with your friends on the school bus. That would make Dale Price a top candidate to be the most embarrassing dad in America. He has spent the past school year setting a comedic ______ by waving at his high school son’s bus every day while dressed in costumes. His outfits reach all ______ from make-believe characters to typical Halloween costumes. The ones that were voted favorite were ______ depicting standard pirates, nurses, and super-heroes. Mr. Price’s wife made the ______, suggesting that he dress up, as a way to stay connected to his son. However, his son described the experience as horrifying and downright embarrassing. Some outfits even displayed ______ such as the time Mr. Price appeared as a blushing bride.
first person narration structure intrepid obscure Unit 1 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. After an accident this past weekend in which he fell off a concrete ______ and fractured a metatarsal in his left foot, sales analyst Tim Morris was suddenly thrown into a strange world pervaded by human generosity and kindness. According to Morris, within seconds of the painful injury, he abruptly found himself immersed in a curious realm where fellow human beings exhibited an actual concern for his welfare without any thought of reciprocation. During a documentary recapping the events surrounding his injury, a ______ provides a summary of Morris’ thoughts: “Everyone kept asking me how I was doing or if there was anything else they could get me.” Morris appears disoriented by this ______ behavior being directed toward him but hopes that the kindness will continue. His dream is to be just as ______ as these people and offer kindness to others as well.
acquisitive banal belabor congeal encomium Unit 2 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • We won’t ______ the shortcomings of the QHHS football team since we know they’re going to lose this season anyway. • To make snow pudding, add the sugar and lemon juice, then stir until the mixture begins to ______. • The movie “Our Next President,” is a two hour ______ to former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, tracking her rise to fame. • McDonald’s has been particularly ______ in the past couple of months, spending close to $1 billion to attract new customers. • Facebook has become the new center for ______ gossip, useless trivia, and foolish videos.
arrogate carping coherent emulate eschew Unit 2 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • Over the past decade, the piece of soldiering that received the most ______ was the uniform’s black beret. • In 1992 Colorado landowners voted to remove from their state government the power to tax and instead ______ that power to themselves. • Last week a pair of naked hikers got lost and authorities questioned why they ______ not only clothes but also GPS devices. • After the crash the pilot was ______ but he was still sent for further medical evaluation. • The Lakers just a year ago achieved what the Heat now hope to ______.
Unit 2 • What are three things an insatiable person would consume? • How would an intransigent parent respond to your request to borrow the car? • How would you make Palmdale High tenable during a war? • What are three things an invidious politician would say? • What are three actions a secret reconnaissance would need? • How would a murderer substantiate their innocence? • Why are some students taciturn?
celerity devious incendiary myopic Unit 3 • Answer the following questions based on vocabulary word usage. The documentary “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” premiered last month and is the latest in a steady stream of public commentary on how the company is bad for America. Even internal documents show that even Wal-Mart’s own analysts recognize they risk damage to their overall reputation should they continue such practices as lower wages and defunct healthcare. They also take advantage of overseas sweatshops and exporting American jobs which create ever-cheaper products. Ultimately we pick up the price tag while Wal-Mart picks up billions of profits. • What is the author’s message?
halcyon gambit avid Unit 3 • Answer the following questions based on vocabulary word usage. The documentary “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” premiered last month and is the latest in a steady stream of public commentary on how the company is bad for America. Even internal documents show that even Wal-Mart’s own analysts recognize they risk damage to their overall reputation should they continue such practices as lower wages and defunct healthcare. They also take advantage of overseas sweatshops and exporting American jobs which create ever-cheaper products. Ultimately we pick up the price tag while Wal-Mart picks up billions of profits. • Which statement would this author agree with?
histrionics accosts animadversion Unit 3 • Answer the following questions based on vocabulary word usage. The documentary “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” premiered last month and is the latest in a steady stream of public commentary on how the company is bad for America. Even internal documents show that even Wal-Mart’s own analysts recognize they risk damage to their overall reputation should they continue such practices as lower wages and defunct healthcare. They also take advantage of overseas sweatshops and exporting American jobs which create ever-cheaper products. Ultimately we pick up the price tag while Wal-Mart picks up billions of profits. • Which persuasive appeal matches the author’s tone?
Unit 3 Put the number corresponding to the word in the proper space. The addition of the numbers will be the same across each row and down each column. A. maelstrom B. myopic C. overt D. pejorative E. propriety F. sacrilege G. summarily H. suppliant I. talisman 1. Miss USA should have an opinion on the ______ of teaching evolution in schools. 2. Fox News must fire their anchor after his ______ racism. 3. 95% of Americans ______ reject nuclear power. 4. Mike Leach is a Texas football coach who lost his job last year in a legal and media ______. 5. Many servants have risen from ______ beginnings to become close friends of the royals. 6. A neon pink BMW is not ______, it’s a great idea! 7. The boxer always kisses his ______ before a match. 8. Using the offensive term “anchor baby” is ______. 9. His opinions about young people were ______.
Unit 4 articulate credence decrying distraught evince exhumation Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. Cigarette makers must now add large, graphic warning labels depicting diseased lungs, a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his neck, and a ______ mother at a gravestone. The supersize labels are the highest-profile part of an intensified war on tobacco by the federal government in a continuing effort to ______ the risks of smoking. The FDA hopes the labels will help give ______ to the fact that smoking ranks as the leading cause preventable and premature death in the U.S and ______ people to quit. Many other countries also have graphic warnings though they are far more explicit than those the U.S. chose. In 2009 tobacco companies sued the FDA ______ that the graphic-labeling rule violated their rights to free speech. One image that was not chosen for the labels depicts the ______ of a dead body.
Unit 4 murky nefarious propinquity utopian verdant Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. Unlike other minimalist homes, Smith’s condo boasts splashes of color courtesy of the ______ vines running to the ceiling. Glen Davis’ future with the Boston Celtics is ______ but he hopes they’ll retain him on the roster. The truth is that there is no ______ society and even the most prosperous nations experience social problems. We need to minimize any potential health risks from contamination due to the ______ of a landfill site. I didn’t hear any talk of ______ plots by Democrats to alter election results by allowing fraudulent voting.
Unit 4 piquant primordial unwonted verbiage viscous Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. The parents convinced the other children to repeat the bus driver’s demeaning ______ so that they could sue him for bullying. Meet Sinny, one of roughly 200 people in the world who have a rare genetic condition called ______ dwarfism. The Miami restaurant’s best dish contains a light sauce that is not spicy-hot, but rather ______, giving the slightly chewy octopus great flavor. In an order to ward off any ______ incidents, police patrolled the Staples Center both before, during, and after the game. There are tiny rocks in ear canals, known as “otoliths,” that are suspended in ______ fluid and help us keep our balance.
Unit 5 What might cause a limb to atrophy? What sports or activities would be beneficial to a frenetic person? How would a brother and sister who have reached a concord act toward each other? What is the most important grouse of teenagers when it comes to school? What would a kitchen in disarray look like? What are three things the consummate basketball player would do right before a game?
Unit 5 incarcerate nettle ludicrous jocular • Answer the following questions based on vocabulary word usage. LeBron James sure didn't do himself any favors on Sunday night with his little personalized message to all his haters. “I'm going to continue to live the way I want to live. He's not listening to them. They're beneath him. It might not be the right thing to say when you're in LeBron's position, trying to win back a nation of fans who turned against you a year ago. LeBron has been public enemy No. 1 in pro sports since he made his "Decision" to migrate south last July. It's a little outrageous. So LeBron left Ohio for South Florida. Won't we ever get over it? Can't we ever get back to appreciating him as one of the world's most talented athletes? How much longer must we villainize someone who did nothing illegal and never meant to offend a soul? • What is the author’s message?
Unit 5 incumbent mordant strategem • Answer the following questions based on vocabulary word usage. LeBron James sure didn't do himself any favors on Sunday night with his little personalized message to all his haters. “I'm going to continue to live the way I want to live. He's not listening to them. They're beneath him. It might not be the right thing to say when you're in LeBron's position, trying to win back a nation of fans who turned against you a year ago. LeBron has been public enemy No. 1 in pro sports since he made his "Decision" to migrate south last July. It's a little outrageous. So LeBron left Ohio for South Florida. Won't we ever get over it? Can't we ever get back to appreciating him as one of the world's most talented athletes? How much longer must we villainize someone who did nothing illegal and never meant to offend a soul? • By referencing that LeBron “did nothing illegal,” what is the author suggesting about the audience?
acuity enervate hallow delineate figment garner Unit 6 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. Norovirus is the most common cause of food poisoning. After experiencing it, I set to work to ______ some information about common causes of food poisoning, and I will now _______ that information. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 200,000 Americans contract food poisoning every day. But Philip Tierno, Ph.D., who I will _______ by noting his title of microbiologist at New York University medical center and author of The Secret Life of Germs, believes the actual number is closer to 800,000. And in 4 of 5 of food poisoning cases, the attack happens at home—right (on the plate) under your nose. Often, food poisoning will _______ the person because of the illnesses the body suffers, and the person feels disoriented, lacking ______. "Everyone in this country will have at least one incident of sickness this year attributable to a foodborne virus, bacteria, or toxin," Tierno told Men’s Health. Except that most of us won't know what hit us because we may think our nausea is just a ______ of our imagination.
depraved fecund esoteric fiat Unit 6 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. Too many cigarette advertisements are ________, glossing over the effects cigarette smoke can have on a person’s health. In a dramatic bid to get more Americans to quit smoking, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asserted a ______ in regards to helping America see the issues that are evident from smoking. The FDA on Tuesday released nine graphic warning labels that will appear on all packs of cigarettes by no later than September 2012. The images are not meant to be _____ but widespread for many consumers to see frequently. One image shows a man's face and a lighted cigarette in his hand, with smoke escaping from a hole in his neck -- the result of a tracheotomy. The caption reads "Cigarettes are addictive." Another image shows a mother holding a baby as smoke swirls about them, with the warning: "Tobacco smoke can harm your children.“ The hopes are that these images will be _____, eliciting a rejection of smoking so as to protect oneself from these complications.
idiosyncrasy sophistry ubiquitous ignominy reputed Unit 6 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • Some would say the singer’s __________, her pink hair, made her famous. • The physician was ______ as one of the top in his field. • After careful analysis, it was clear the politician’s argument was nothing more than _______. • In Kentucky, no matter where we drove, we found that the humidity was _____. • The girl felt _____ after the picture of her embarrassing moment was posted on Facebook.
mundane nuance overweening penchant sumptuous Unit 6 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • He looked and her and felt _____ right away; it was lust at first sight. • The teenager was ______, never thinking about more than just text messaging and watching TV. • The latest Wii was ________; on sale, we could only find it for six hundred dollars!!! • The model walked in only talking to a few people and we could all tell he was ______ immediately. • There was a _____ in the weather; instead of just being hot, it was windy and hot.
Unit 7 • Answer the following questions, demonstrating that you have an understanding of the vocab. word. • What would cause a movie to be degraded in quality for you? • What might a person who is agnostic think about someone forcing them to say a prayer before eating? • What happens to someone who has a complicity in a robbery if they are prosecuted? • What would a house that is derelict look like? • How could someone counteract a diatribe without resorting to violence?
Unit 7 • Answer the following questions, demonstrating that you have an understanding of the vocab. word. • What might cause someone to create a effigy? • What are characteristics or things someone does who has equity if they walk in on a fight? • What is the most inane thing you’ve ever done? • What would someone who receives an indictment do if he or she is innocent? • Why does it help a student to be indubitable?
intermittent testy plenary moot Unit 7 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Time was running short to counter hazards such as a collapse of coral reefs or a spread of low-oxygen "dead zones," according to the study led by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO). "We now face losing marine species and entire marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, within a single generation," according to the study by 27 experts to be presented to the United Nations. "Unless action is taken now, the consequences of our activities are at a high risk of causing, through the combined effects of climate change, over-exploitation, pollution and habitat loss, the next globally significant extinction event in the ocean," it said. 1. What is the author’s argument?
motif perspicacity surveillance sylvan Unit 7 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Time was running short to counter hazards such as a collapse of coral reefs or a spread of low-oxygen "dead zones," according to the study led by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO). "We now face losing marine species and entire marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, within a single generation," according to the study by 27 experts to be presented to the United Nations. "Unless action is taken now, the consequences of our activities are at a high risk of causing, through the combined effects of climate change, over-exploitation, pollution and habitat loss, the next globally significant extinction event in the ocean," it said. 2. What is the author’s purpose for using the words in blue? What effect is she attempting to have on her audience by doing so?
neophyte travesty Unit 7 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Time was running short to counter hazards such as a collapse of coral reefs or a spread of low-oxygen "dead zones," according to the study led by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO). "We now face losing marine species and entire marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, within a single generation," according to the study by 27 experts to be presented to the United Nations. "Unless action is taken now, the consequences of our activities are at a high risk of causing, through the combined effects of climate change, over-exploitation, pollution and habitat loss, the next globally significant extinction event in the ocean," it said. 3. What does the author assume about her audience’s background based on the way her argument is set up?
List 8 Put the number corresponding to the word in the proper space. The addition of the numbers will be the same across each row and down each column. • ephemeral • bestial • effrontery • allay • embellish • demur • felicitous • convivial • coterie 1. Yesterday, we ______ went to Disneyland. 2. The vacation spot was ______; we loved it! 3. She wanted to ______ the room with curtains on the windows. 4. The boxer carried himself with an ______, walking in like he owned the room. 5. The team tried to ______ the referee’s call. 6. The warm up jog was ______. 7. My friends and I are ______ every time we go to parties together! 8. The man was ______, hitting his son with much force. 9. They weren’t really friends, just ______. 10. The mother tried to ______ her crying baby.
misanthrope furtive illusory picayune Unit 8 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. Brazilian journalists who flew to London for the Champions League final were struck by the importance given in the English press to the recent scandals surrounding FIFA. They thought all of the attention was _________, and the story is not playing anything like as big back home. European cynics might argue that this has something to do with a certain South American tolerance of _____ customs. South American cynics, meanwhile, put the whole frenzy down to an infantile English reaction at not being awarded the 2018 World Cup. But the fault line goes deeper. A few months ago in Rio, Uruguay coach Oscar Washington Tabarez gave a lecture to Brazilian coaches. Tabarez is not considered a ________ in the world of soccer; instead an academic, a teacher by trade (nicknamed "El Maestro" for this very reason), and he could not resist some historical context. He stopped off briefly at the 1966 World Cup, held in England while FIFA was presided by an Englishman, Stanley Rous. That tournament, he said, had been a _____ conspiracy against the South American teams. Tabarez is certainly no demagogue, no flaming-eyed nationalist. But he believes that the tournament was set up to exclude the South Americans.
garish indigent inordinate jettison raiment Unit 8 Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. Charlotte Sheffield joined nearly three dozen other former Miss USAs on June 18 to celebrate the contest’s 60th anniversary. The pageant, now owned by Donald Trump and known what some say are _______ swimsuits that are racier than previous, has kept the focus firmly on the beauty part of pageantry since its inception in Long Beach, California in 1952. The Miss America contest, on the other hand, prides itself on its talent competition—an element missing from the Miss USA because it was considered ______ to beauty. Meanwhile, the other “formers,” as they’re called, who range in age from their 70’s to their 20’s, talked about old pageant scandals and discussed the _______ and unique pressures of being considered outrageously beautiful–and then having to live up to the title decades later. Others feel they still have to prove that they have brains too, while some wonder whether they’ve been courted for themselves or because men want the bragging rights that come with dating a former Miss USA. All admit that the good fortune they experienced afterwards left them anything but ______. Ironically, there’s the other thing mentioned that these women have in common besides their exceptional looks: each of them survived a year of wearing the glittering, metal crown which was heavy enough to press grooves into its wearer’s head even through a bouffant while wearing extravagant _______.
allege juggernaut conciliate echelon fatuous Unit 9 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • The Marines were the strongest ______ of the different groups present. • The class clown had a ______ grin on his face after his practical joke. • After weeks of therapy, the psychologist was able to ________ of his patient. • The officer was known to ______ people’s guilt without proof. • The monster truck was the ______ of the event.
arrant badinage countermand exacerbate irrefutable Unit 9 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • The basketball player was _____; he made rude comments to the player and didn’t care. • Landing on a hurt ankle while running will _______ the injury. • The case the prosecution made against the murder was _________. • The couple held a _______ while they waited for the film to start. • The general shouted a ______ to his troops to stop the drill they had started.
Unit 9 • Answer the following questions, demonstrating that you have an understanding of the vocab. word. • Why might a student be lackadaisical in a class? • What are some different events where people say a litany? • Why would make a date macabre? • If you were on a deserted island by yourself and there was a paucity of food, how would you survive? • What are four different ways to portend an island that there will be a flood?
Unit 9 • Answer the following questions, demonstrating that you have an understanding of the vocab. word. • How could we rebuild PHS if it were razed? • Why might a witness recant her testimony at a murder trial? • Describe the steps in which a little girl could saturate a piece of bread with Kool-Aid? • What are five possessions that you could slough if needed? • Describe a way to help an old man who was saturnine?
acclamation bucolic calumniate Unit 10 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. 1. What is the message that Dr. Martin Luther King attempts to convey in this passage?
chary collusion dilettante Unit 10 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. 2. How does Dr. King convey his argument?
imperturbable increment mandate paltry Unit 10 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists . . . little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. 3. How is Dr. King’s allusion to the “Declaration of Independence” an appeal to his audience’s logic, emotion, or action? How is he attempting to affect his audience?
Unit 10 Put the number corresponding to the word in the proper space. The addition of the numbers will be the same across each row and down each column. Suddenly, the man stood up demonstrating a ______, yelling in the library. (paroxysm) The preacher often was characterized as being _________. (pedantry) The passengers in the airplane enjoyed a _____ across the Sierra Mountains. (peregrination) The girls found the song to be ______ of their childhood. (redolent) The girl was _______ at her quinceanera. (refulgent) The immigrant often said a phrase that was a _______ and many therefore knew she was from a different area (shibboleth) The boy was a ______ in kick-boxing only having started doing it a few weeks prior. (tyro) The ringing noise was ___________ all night. (unremitting) All her friends said she was very ______ when it came to decision making. (vacillate) The little boy was ___________ to the dog, kicking it every morning. (vituperative)
List 10 Put the number corresponding to the word in the proper space. The addition of the numbers will be the same across each row and down each column. • paroxysm • pedantry • peregrination • redolent • refulgent • shibboleth • tyro • unremitting • vacillate 1. The preacher often was characterized as being ______. 2. The boy was a ______ in kick-boxing only having started doing it a few weeks prior. 3. The immigrant often said a phrase that was a ______ and many therefore knew she was from a different area. 4. Her tendency to ______ between boys makes her a bad girlfriend. 5. The girl was ______ at her quinceanera. 6. Suddenly, the man stood up demonstrating a ______, yelling in the library. 7. The girls found the song to be ______ of their childhood. 8. The passengers in the airplane enjoyed a ______ across the Sierra Mountains. 9. The ringing noise was ______ all night.
forgo fraught foible decimate attenuate Unit 11 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. Ahhh, the dreaded brain freeze. The good thing about ice cream headaches is that they _______ and are usually over in a matter of seconds, or at most a couple minutes. And ice cream headaches don’t come only from ice cream — they can come from anything _____ with cold temps. Like Slurpees. In fact, in 1994, 7-Eleven even trademarked the term Brainfreeze to use in conjunction with its delicious frosty drink. The _____ of their marking is that the delicious was marked by a negative! So what causes ice cream headaches in the first place? It has to do with the nerve receptors above the roof of your mouth. When you take a bite of ice cream, some of it touches the top of your the top of your mouth, otherwise known as the hard palate. That in turn triggers the nerves above the palate to cool down — and quick. The nerves send an emergency message to the brain that it’s about to get cold up there, and the blood vessels in the brain constrict to accommodate. When the warm blood rushes through the blood vessels again — presto! You get a searing headache similar to a migraine. Ouch! No worries, they are temporary and will not _____ your brain, which is another reason you don’t need to _____ cold treats and you can dive in again!
askance inure cavil benign charlatan Unit 11 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. Every day, you make food choices. You may look at that food label with ______ wondering if all the ingredients really are listed. Turkey bacon or regular? Whole grain toast or bagel? Milk or juice? Being consciousness of what you eat will have have a ______ on your life. The food choices we make each day have an effect on moods, energy levels, or something as simple as satisfying a craving. For those who exercise, choosing the right foods is essential in boosting the metabolism and energy to get an efficient workout. Making beneficial food choices also helps us get the nutrition we need to make sure our bodies cooperate before, during, and after exercise. Yet, there’s nothing worse than a _______ who says they know what to eat but never does the research. Also, eating on the go will ______ one’s ability to make those choices so it’s better to plan out your meals for each day so as to avoid rushed choices. Importantly, rather than _____ the fast-food industries, do the research and planning needed to eat healthy. Some great choices are avocados, bananas, oranges, yogurt, cottage cheese, and eggs.
obtuse sporadic rebuff oscillate luminous Unit 11 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • The temperature tended to ______ that day, going up and down often. • The nightlight was _______ for the little girl. • The stink from her purse helped to ______ all potential robbers! • Geometry is my worst subject and my mind is _____ with all of the shapes! • The volume on the stereo worked at best what would be called ________ where sometimes it worked but others it did not.
obsequious shambles reconnoiter peremptory penitent Unit 11 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • The FDA sent an agent to do a _______ of the meat packing industry’s procedures. • The house was in _______ before my trip with everything just everywhere. • The girl acted ________ because she knew the gentleman would fall over himself to be macho and shower her with attention if she did. • The little boy threw a ball angrily at the window, but after he saw it shatter, he was immediately _______ for his deeds. • The runner was ________ that he would place in the top five.
askance benign decimate foible forgo fraught Unit 11 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. The first day of high school as a freshman can be a journey with both highs and lows, but if one keeps a level head, they can come out their first year of high school with the essentials to succeed in high school and life. Many incoming freshman feel that each class is ______ with danger of hard assignments, projects and tests. Students also feel that every time they walk into the class the teacher looks ______ at students, looking for a reason to ______ the students pride and confidence. Confidence is one student’s ______ and if they do not have it throughout the entire first year of high school, it may be hard to regain for the next three years. One decision many students make is to just ______ doing their best work and getting failing grades or just getting bye. This, of course, is not the correct path to take. The teachers at this high school will have a ______ influence on your education as well as help shape you for your future endeavors.
attenuate cavil charlatan inured Unit 11 • Complete the following paragraph using vocabulary words. The Midwest is becoming more and more of a desirable destination to live with the overpopulation of West and East Coast cities. Of course, one must look at the many different aspects, such as weather, accommodations, job opportunities, and natural disasters. When looking to move to the Midwest I suggest you do not ______ over small things but instead focus on what is important. As for the harsh winters and hot and humid summers, your body will adjust to the these climates over time. Many residents have become ______ to the cold winters; some would even say they have “thicker blood”, which lets them tolerate the snow and below freezing temperatures. Don’t let stereotypes of Midwest people being uneducated and behind the rest of the US scare you away. It may shock you to know that that most of these stereotypes are “created” by a ______, who has never stepped foot out of his New York apartment. Facts are, you need to get out and see what is right for you. Don’t follow what others say, most are just making an effort to ______ your thoughts on moving to what may be, the best place you will ever live.
luminous obsequious obtuse oscillate penitent Unit 11 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • Walking under that ______ night sky induced in me weighty thoughts not often pondered. • The thief was sincerely ______. • Jane Austen ridiculed characters who were ______ to the aristocracy but condescending to their social inferiors. • The lieutenant was too ______ to see the danger and led his company right into the hands of the enemy. • The terrified narrator in Poe’s story The Pit and the Pendulum watches the dreaded instrument ______ as it slowly moves toward him.
peremptory rebuff reconnoiter shambles sporadic Unit 11 • Complete the following sentences using vocabulary words. • Her ______ of my invitation was quite rude. • The burglars made a complete ______ of the apartment in their search for money and jewelry. • The soldiers heard ______ gunfire from the other side of the river. • The board members resented the director’s ______ tone of voice. • Infantry officers often ask for volunteers to ______ the terrain ahead before ordering their soldiers to advance.
Unit 12 • Answer the following questions, demonstrating that you have an understanding of the vocab. word. • What would be two euphemisms for the word dead? • What can you infer will happen the rest of your day? • What examples of onomatopoeia would be used when Batman would hit the Joker or Two Face? • Bob hit Sara; she cried? What is the antecedent of “she”? • When was the last time someone was cynical towards you and how so?
Unit 12 • Answer the following questions, demonstrating that you have an understanding of the vocab. word. • What nostalgia do you wish to incorporate into your life? • Translate the oxymoron “cruel kindness” into your own words. • What is a great way to juxtapose two pieces of poetry when doing your brainstorming for an essay? • If you took Linguistics in college, what would you be studying? • If you were late to class, how would you use digression to get out of a “tardy pass”?
evocation fable ellipsis metonymy Unit 12 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. In the landmark Miranda case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution’s guarantee against self-incrimination required that police warn criminal suspects about their right to remain silent and to have a lawyer present when they are taken into custody for questioning. Now the court has ruled in J. D. B. v. North Carolina that police need to consider a suspect’s age when deciding whether they must give him Miranda warnings. Under earlier rulings, the court said that whether a suspect was “in custody” for Miranda purposes depended on the circumstances of the interrogation and whether a reasonable person would have felt free to leave. In its new decision, the court concludes that age matters because a teenager is likely to think he is not free to leave an interrogation even if a reasonable adult would think otherwise. 1. What is the author’s purpose for writing this passage?
apostrophe false analogy ambivalence unity Unit 12 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. The case involved a 13-year-old seventh-grade student in North Carolina who was taken out of a classroom by a uniformed police officer and questioned for at least 30 minutes in a closed-door conference room about the theft of a digital camera. The police did not tell the student that he was free to go and did not give him Miranda warnings. The student eventually confessed to the theft — after an officer told him that “this thing is going to court” and that he might be “sent to juvenile detention before court.” Writing for the 5-to-4 majority, Justice Sonia Sotomayor explained that “children cannot be viewed simply as miniature adults” and said “a reasonable child subjected to police questioning will sometimes feel pressured to submit when a reasonable adult would feel free to go.” 2. What is the author’s purpose for using the anecdote in the article? What effect are they attempting to have on the audience by doing so?
abstract language ambiguous Unit 12 • Answer the question using one of the vocab. words in your answer. The majority sensibly holds that “courts can account for that reality without doing any damage to the objective nature of the custody analysis.” For the four conservative dissenters, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. contends that the majority has turned the decision about when to give Miranda warnings from a simple, easily applied rule into a complicated undertaking, upsetting the balance between society’s and a suspect’s interests. But considering a suspect’s age doesn’t alter the warnings. They remain simple and clear-cut. It is not in society’s interests to have confessions from young suspects thrown out because they were coerced, as happened before Miranda. Police will find that considering a suspect’s age in delivering Miranda warnings is a prudent safeguard for that individual’s rights and also for their work. 3. What is the author’s call to action?
Put the number corresponding to the word in the proper space. The addition of the numbers will be the same across each row and down each column. Unit 13 • I would expect the recreation director of a cruise ship to be a ______ person. • Since the structure had no practical purpose, keeping it in place could only be justified on ______ grounds. • The rabbit’s foot, once a very popular ______ seems to have lost its hold on the public imagination. • I could find no forwarding address or phone number for the ______ organization. • To appeal to the large number of dissatisfied voters, the candidate ______ a strong program of reform. • The general tried to ______ his enemies by repeatedly beginning an advance and then pulling back. • We always consulted my grandmother about what to wear because she had ______ taste in clothing. • My bankrupt uncle ______ my father for a loan. • Once again, my younger brother has become the ______ victim of a silly practical joke. • aesthetic • defunct • discomfit • espouse • fetish • gregarious • hapless • impeccable • importune
