Name _____________________________
Advancing Vocabulary Skills-Chapter 2
Copy and complete each sentence on your own notebook paper, showing that you know the meaning of the underlined
word. Each sentence is worth 5 points. 1 pt.-proper capitalization 1 pt.-proper punctuation 1 pt.-every word is spelled
correctly 2 pt.-sentence demonstrates proper meaning of the underlined word
1. Alice became despondent when _________________________.
2. After winning the big game, the team sponsors tried to squelch our fun by _________________________.
3. We can collaborate on this project if __________________________.
4. Andrew is such a zealot about his homework! He ___________________________.
5. After running for political office three times and losing, Mr. Braxton shows how resilient he is by ________________.
6. A rudimentary skill in learning to swim is _________________________.
7. The children plan to instigate ________________________ and this will cause ________________________.
8. After looking at my life in retrospect, I would have __________________________.
9. What do you think our society venerates? I think we venerate ____________________ because ______________.
10. The crowd will scoff at the politician if he says, “ _________________________” because ____________________.
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Name ______________________________
Advancing Vocabulary Skills-Chapter 2
Copy and complete each sentence on your own notebook paper, showing that you know the meaning of the underlined
word. Each sentence is worth 5 points. 1 pt.-proper capitalization 1 pt.-proper punctuation 1 pt.-every word is spelled
correctly 2 pt.-sentence demonstrates proper meaning of the underlined word
1. Alice became despondent when _________________________.
2. After winning the big game, the team sponsors tried to squelch our fun by _________________________.
3. We can collaborate on this project if __________________________.
4. Andrew is such a zealot about his homework! He ___________________________.
5. After running for political office three times and losing, Mr. Braxton shows how resilient he is by ________________.
6. A rudimentary skill in learning to swim is _________________________.
7. The children plan to instigate ________________________ and this will cause ________________________.
8. After looking at my life in retrospect, I would have __________________________.
9. What do you think our society venerates? I think we venerate ____________________ because ______________.
10. The crowd will scoff at the politician if he says, “ _________________________” because ____________________.