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Vocabulary Unit #11 – Review Sentences
Allude
Clairvoyant
Conclusive
Disreputable
Endemic
Exemplary
Fathom
Guile
Integrity
Itinerary
Misconstrue
Obnoxious
Placate
Placid
Plagiarism
Potent
Pretext
Protrude
Stark
Superficial
1. We weren’t sure where everyone in our group had gone, so we looked at the ______to see where the schedule said everyone was going to be.
2. Many people use the weather as a(n) ______to start a conversation with someone that they do not know very well.
3. Some Californians cannot ______why anyone would live in an area with harsh winters.
4. If you leave your school bag ______ing in the isle, someone might trip over it.
5. The best way to ensure that you are not guilty of ______is to cite all of your sources accurately and consistently.
6. The prosecutor provided ______evidence that proved the defendant’s guilt.
7. ______people only care about what someone looks like or what kind of car he drives; those things are not accurate measures of who a person really is.
8. She demonstrated great ______when she returned the five dollars extra that the cashier had accidentally given to her.
9. After several days of high winds, rain, sleet and tornadoes, everyone was looking forward to more ______conditions.
10. Certain foods, phrases and customs are ______to different parts of the country. Philadelphia has cheese steaks and Canadians say, “Eh.”
11. One of the most ______people in the NFL is Pacman Jones; he has been in so much legal trouble that teams don’t even care about his level of talent.
12. The directions were so clear that there was no way someone could ______them.
13. The behavior of the opposing team’s fans was ______; as a result, the referee was forced to eject several people from the stadium.
14. Because of his ______behavior and grades, George’s parents extended his curfew by 90 minutes.
15. In the desert, the ______contrast between the temperature in the afternoon and the temperature at night could cause someone to die of exposure.
16. Private jokes occur when someone ______to events or situations that only a selected audience has knowledge of.
17. It does not take much ______to fool a toddler, but you have to be much more crafty when trying to deceive a teenager.
18. Giving the screaming child a lollipop may ______her, but then she will think throwing a tantrum is the best way to get what she wants.
19. The most ______arguments are made up of both logical (logos) and emotional (pathos) appeals.
20. The only explanation for her uncanny prediction of the earthquakes in Haiti and in Chili is that she is ______.