Advanced Language Arts Vocab Exam Part II
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- subdue
- Omar had to work hard to _____ his annoyance when his cousins teased him.
- decrease
- Sonia's interest in playing the guitar decreased when she realized she'd have to practice every day.
- rapport
- Kyle and Maggaly developed good ____ as they learned to speak each other's languages.
- memento
- Angelina kept a small white clam shell as a ______ of her family's vacation to the Caribbean
- autograph
- Through her life, my grandmother has collected the ______ of many famous people.
- divert
- A police officer ____ traffic to side streets as the accident was being cleared.
- memorandum
- Ms. Rahman read the principal's ________ about the school picnic to our class.
- commemorate
- In the US, Presidents' Day is a holiday to _______ the birthdays of George Washington and Abe Lincoln.
- dissociate
- We _______ ourselves from the project when we learned how much damage it would do.
- memorial
- On our trip to Washington, D.C., we visited the Jefferson ______ and saw bronze statue of this early president.
- society
- Providing educaiton for all children is one of _______ goals.
- mission
- The ____ of the Red Cross is to help disaster victims.
- association
- My ______ with the tennis club led to my being chosen as ball person for one of the major tournaments last year.
- subheading
- The article on Scotland included such ______ as climate, history, and economy.
- denominator
- In the fraction 1/2, one is the numerator and two is the ____.
- version
- Marta did not like the movie _____ of the story as much as she liked the book.
- admit
- While we waited for the gate to open to ____ us, we chatted.
- deportation
- The doctor faced ______ when he overstayed the time the government allowed him in New Zealand
- submit
- Tyrone ______ his essay on recycling to the environmental club.
- geography
- When learning _________, we examine ma[s of many countries.
- porfolio
- Nadia brought her portfolio of sketches to drawing class.
- missile
- ______ in many different forms have been used as weapons throughout human history
- biography
- A ________ written by a friend may tell a different story from one written by an enemy
- antisocial
- When our co-worker rushed past us without a greeting, we thought she was ________.
- descend
- The climbers felt for handholds on the rock face to help them descend to the bottom safely.
- submerge
- The dolphins rose from the water in a smooth arc and then gracefully submerged themselves again.
- vertebrate
- The category of ______ includes not only humans but also fish and birds.
- paragraph
- To mark the beginning of a new _______, you indent the first word you write.
- demote
- After fooling around during practice, Brianna was ______ from her starting position to a seat on the bench.
- reverse
- Mom shifted into reverse gear and backed out of the driveway.
- versus
- The newspaper reports that the championship game will be Glencove _____ Lakeland.
- autobiography
- In her _______, The Story of My Life, Helen Keller wrote about how she learned to read in spite of her inability to see.
- dejected
- Every member of the team felt ______ about losing the championship.
- omit
- The directions said to fill in the blank where a word was _____ from the sentence.
- contradictory
- The evidence was _______, so the jury had a hard time reaching a verdit.
- sociologist
- The ______ compared the attitudes of rural and urban students toward summer jobs.
- subsistence
- Thousands of years ago, before farming began, people's ______ was based on what they could hunt and gather.
- subside
- After the flood, residents of one area had to wait several days until the water _____ before returning to their homes.
- remembrance
- Coach Harker gave each of us a small trophy as a ______ of our swimming team's winning season.
- emit
- Following the bus was very unpleasant because it was emitting lots of black fumes.
- versatile
- The lead role required a _____ actress who could dance and sing as well as act.
- contrary
- _____________ to his mother's directions, Jorge stayed up
- portable
- Kayaks constructed of fiberglass are quite ______.