WW L.11 Sentences Flashcards
One inventor came up with a ________ scheme to turn water into gasoline.
Fanciful
Main Street can be __________ to Main St.
Abbreviated
Tennis shoes are not ___________ footwear for hiking.
Appropriate
The major leagues __________ African American baseball players until 1947.
Excluded
For Halloween the children dressed up as ghost, goblins, and other_________ creatures.
Fanciful
Congress ______________ money for various programs.
Appropriates
Do you ________ me this food when you see how ravenous I am?
Grudge
Before giving up, we made several ________ attempts to retrieve the car keys that had fallen into the lake.
Futile
Einstein’s discoveries ________ me to become a scientist.
Inspired
The boycott was organized by people with a _________ against the company.
Grudge
An ________ child in a restaurant can be very annoying to other people.
Unruly
The ________ of the teachers at this school live in this town.
Majority
The captives ___________ in there efforts to escape.
Preserved
This hair spray might help your ______ hair in place.
Unruly
The children _______ three pairs of shoes.
Possess
The critic’s __________ against modern painting showed clearly in the review.
Prejudice
The shelter was ________ about finding good homes for the kittens.
Resolute
“That was the most mediocre acting I’ve ever seen,” someone _______.
Sneered
A worker’s casual attire should not __________ a supervisor against him or her.
Prejudice
Fear _________ them as the car went out of control.
Possessed
The motion passed by a _________ vote of 57 to 0.
Unanimous
I didn’t let my companion’s ______ diminish my enjoyment of the local artists’ exhibition.
Sneers
