Spring 2016 Vocabulary Review

The _________ parent offered the teacher money to give her child a passing grade.

The art lesson included a ______ for layering paint to look three dimensional.

We visited the Kartchner Caverns to see the ______ that are formed from water and minerals.

sudden and violent seizure of government

coming from something living

We saw an octopus swim up out of the undersea ______ to catch her prey.

difficult and intimidating; usually used to describe a task

If I believe all old ladies are terrible drivers, I am showing an attitude of _____.

to leave a track, plan, and/or schedule

enormous numbers; great magnitude

to weaken or reduce

a model or example

Primary sources may include ______ from the event they represent.

When we write an argument, we select the most ______ support for our position.

social equality; governed by the people

related to the sun

pain and suffering; trouble

Instead of referring to the lady as fat, "chunky" would be a nice __________________.

The Red Cross is a(an) ______ organization that helps people in disasters and war zones.

Kanye and Eminem created an ______ to hip hop lyrics based on the gangster lifestyle.

It is going to be awful!

relief; soothing

to hinder or obstruct; prevent from happening

Because the boy did not want to be embarrassed, he _________ gave his friend his last dollar.

believable 

measure earthquakes

confusing and disorderly

oversupply

That math problem is complicated, but it is not too ______ for you to solve.

Hip hop was not mainstream, it began as a(an) ______ style of street music and dance.

Call me a cab.  Ok, you're a cab.  Is an example of a(n) _____ statement.

undeline

model used to show feeding relationships in the ecosystem

structured and organized operations of a society or business

Recently hip hop and pop artists have begun to ______ on songs, with great success.

famous for something bad

Neither good or bad; neither tall or short; neither black or white...plain not interested

The ________ of a college degree can take years, but there is a shorter way to _____ one.

to increase rapidly; flourish

to destroy a large proportion of something or somebody's reputation

Her inability to stay seated _________________ me.  I wonder if she has ants in her pants.

The only _____ needed for today's pep rally was a 2.0 GPA.

A family Bible may have a list of the family tree, or the ______ history of the family.

occupation or employment

Jewelry, art, and weapons are examples of ________ that may be passed down in families.

Some students get more ______ as the day progresses, because they get increasingly restless.

shoreline area where fresh water mixes with salt water

combination or mixture of elements

The NFL draft began last night.  _______ for the 2016 football season are being drafted.

Some rap lyrics have ______language.

Each afternoon, I give the living room a ______ cleaning to please my Mom.

I like jazz. What is your favorite ______ of music?

revoke or repeal

catastrophic

A good example would be a typewriter.

continuing throughout the year; for a very long time

As a young man, George Washington had a job measuring and______ the land.

overlapping of food chains

falling short