People are usually morose when...

they have had many tragedies in their lives.

You could discredited someone by...

bringing up past mistakes and wrong doings.

Connotatively, placate is used most accurately in which sentence?

Bill placated Tina by apologizing after their fight.

It would be prudent to...

follow the sanctity of the classroom.

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1
The pain in my shoulder ________ after I took ibuprofen.
digressed
abated
lamented
placated
2
People are usually morose when...
get a bad grade on a test.
they can't find their keys.
they win the lotto.
they have had many tragedies in their lives.
3
Morose
monotone
poopy
rueful
ugly
4
Which one of the following groups of people are not usually revered by most?
heroes
liars
celebrities
professional athletes
5
You could discredited someone by...
hugging it out.
bringing up past mistakes and wrong doings.
eating his or her tacos.
saying your sorry.
6
How might one mitigate making a mistake?
Eat tacos.
Lie like a rug.
Pretend it never happened.
Fix what you did wrong.
7
Antonym: obstinate
submissive
reckless
stubborn
boring
8
digression, reverence, abstinence
nouns
emotions
adjectives
verbs
9
Which of the following animals are not gregarious?
panther
zebra
ants
wolf
10
BEST (connotative) synonym: benevolent
nice
stingy
caring
charitable
11
Not a synonym for substantiate:
support
justify
reward
prove
12
You may _______ the choices you make when you are under the influence of alcohol.
lament
revere
substantiate
placate
13
The connotative meaning of insipid is not related to...
sounds.
smells.
taste.
people.
14
Placate
adverb
adjective
verb
noun
15
Antonym for modest:
insipid
mundane
prudent
pretentious
16
Synonym: secretive, sneaky
scrutinize
insipid
taco
surreptitious
17
If I digressed in my bucket list paragraph, I might talk about...
how much I hate my ex.
a place I would like to visit.
the friends and family I would like to include in my dreams.
an instrument I would like to learn to play.
18
If your two best friends are running for class president, you may choose to ___ from voting.
digress
lament
abate
abstain
19
Connotatively, placate is used most accurately in which sentence?
Bill placated Tina by providing evidence that she was wrong.
Bill placated Tina by apologizing after their fight.
I had to placate Tina after her dog died.
Tina was placated when she could prove her alibi.
20
It would be prudent to...
go to the tanner like Keeley and possibly get cancer.
follow the sanctity of the classroom.
lick a bus stop bench.
drive under the influence of narcotics.
21
Nate had many _________ relationships that only lasted a few weeks before me met Tina.
pretentious
mundane
prudent
transient
22
Boring (referring to an activity)
morose
mundane
insipid
benevolent

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