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10th Grade VocabularyReview Sentences - Unit 6

Before completing each sentence with a word from vocabulary unit #5, fill in any word or idea that will logically complete the sentence; then, go back through the vocabulary words and determine which match each sentence best. If one of the vocabulary words from unit #5 is the “any word” you put in the first blank, then place a synonym from the book in the second blank.

  1. She rarely acts spontaneously or on impulse; almost everything she does is ______/______.
  1. A person doesn’t have to ______/______all negativity from his thinking in order to accomplish positive things.
  1. The building had been locked up for so long that its ______/ ______smell hit us the second we opened the door.
  1. Even though she was a poor street vendor, she conducted herself with the ______/______posture of royalty.
  1. It seems ______/______that the city’s crime rate went up after the mayor enacted several anti-crime laws.
  1. The coffee cup does not state ______/______ly that the contents are hot, but it doesn’t take a genius to know that you shouldn’t hold it between your knees while driving.
  1. The request for me to volunteer at the local soup kitchen comes at a(n) ______/______time; I cannot find a moment to spare right now.
  1. Without a list of ingredients, it would be hard to figure out what most foods are ______/______ed of.
  1. Frank is so______/ ______at hockey that he can score a goal without ever being touched by the opposition.
  1. Because the room was perfectly quiet, I tried to ______/ ______my noisy cough.
  1. She had the type of ______/ ______personality that can easily adapt itself to a wide variety of needs and conditions.
  1. No one in his right mind would ever appoint a judge who has shown______/ ______tendencies in the past.
  1. We were prepared for the reprimand, but not the ______/______silence that the principal greeted us with.
  1. The first thing you should do when you see someone ______/ ______a weapon is GET DOWN!
  1. The Phillies’ winning the World Series in 2008 is the ______/______of recent Philadelphia sports history.
  1. Bernard is such a(n) ______/______salesperson that he doesn’t realize that when customers need help, they will ask for it.
  1. Bassanio often finds himself ______/______because he spends all of his money the second he gets his paycheck.
  1. The children were running ______/______around the playground because there was no one supervising them.
  1. He is in for a rude awakening if he thinks that he will ______/______to a position of wealth and power just because his parents have money.
  1. Sometimes all it takes to ______/______a friend is to listen to his troubles.

Accede

Brandish

Comprise

Deft

Destitute

Explicit

Extirpate

Inopportune

Ironic

Musty

Officious

Ominous

Pinnacle

Premeditated

Rampant

Solace

Stately

Supple

Suppress

Venal