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English
11th Grade
01/10/2014

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Term
brevity
Definition
Effective speakers use ___________________ in their speeches so the audience does not get bored.
Term
criterion
Definition
The main ___________________ for a life partner is personality compatibility.
Term
evanescent
Definition
the ending of the play was _________________________ because the main character vaporized at the end.
Term
redundant
Definition
When parents repeat the same message over and over, it becomes __________________ to teenagers.
Term
delineate
Definition
The film The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was well ________________ because it followed the novel exactly.
Term
reiterate
Definition
Because the child continually refused to listen to his mother, she had to ______________________ the instructions.
Term
heinous
Definition
The discovery that the baby had been suffocated was a _______________________ sight because the child's neck had several bruise marks.
Term
inquisitive
Definition
The ______________________ child ended up in trouble because she wandered far off the path.
Term
embroiled
Definition
The girl avoided her enemy in order to avoid becoming ____________________ in a conflict.
Term
jargon
Definition
The announcer used ___________________ like "slot to the right" to describe the football game.
Term
mundane
Definition
Because most bus rides tended to be uneventful, they seemed to be ______________________.
Term
impeccable
Definition
The winning chef on Top Chef created an ________________________ meal; it was flawless.
Term
abject
Definition
During the build up in WWII, many Jews, Gypsies, and other outcasts were forced to live in ___________________ conditions in work and death camps.
Term
extemporaneous
Definition
When the Vice President was caught unaware, she had to give her report in an _______________________ fashion.
Term
ingenious
Definition
In the 1980's computer watches were considered to be an _____________________ gadget.
Term
ethereal
Definition
Alejandra was an ____________________ vision floating on the dance floor in her quincinera gown.
Term
pristine
Definition
When I kayaked the boundary waters of Minnesota, I experienced _______________________ wilderness.
Term
exacerbate
Definition
The task of trying to pass biology was ______________________(d)_ because the student had five missing assignments and a missing test.
Term
futile
Definition
Trying to learn algebra was a _____________________ task for Susan, for the nature of the math was hopelessly abstract.
Term
candid
Definition
The manager was very __________________ in his review of the employee, for he was open and honest with his criticisms.
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