From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. fluctuate, exult, cajole, inscrutable, expound, metier, acrimony, harry. Councilwoman Moore stepped up to the podium. "I don't think I need to _____ upon reasons for voting against the proposed construction; I thought that the message was clear enough at the last meeting-when you all opposed it as well. Obviously, someone has _____ a few of you into changing your opinion since last month, and your sudden, _____ decision to yield to Beta-Rad Enterprises bothers me a great deal. What happened to the surplus of _____ toward Beta-Rad from the last meeting? Don't you remember how we _____ in our victory over the radioactive waste dump? For two years, we've listened to Beta-Rad executives _____ us, and we finally had the chance to stop it for good. How could the opinions of fifteen people possibly _____ this much?"

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. divulge, gregarious, abet, coerce, temerity, jaundiced, insipid. Jasmine had thought that her irresponsible days of _____ were far behind her until Kayla showed up at her door. After only three days of freedom from the county correctional facility, Kayla had begun her old scheming again. She went to the house to _____ Jasmine into helping her move a truckload of stolen goods to another state-an easy job, she claimed, and virtually no risk. It would even be fun, she claimed. "Let me get this straight. You've been out of jail for three days, and you already want me to _____ you in your scheme to commit a crime? Are you crazy?" Jasmine still had a[n] _____ attitude toward her sister because Kayla, prior to her first sentence, "borrowed" Jasmine's car for a robbery and nearly got Jasmine arrested as a result. "Sorry, Kayla, but I'm quite happy with my _____ , uneventful life. Please leave, and don't come back."

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. fluctuate exult cajole inscrutable expound acrimony metier harry A. Councilwoman Moore stepped up to the podium. "I don't think I need to _____ upon reasons for voting against the proposed construction; I thought that the message was clear enough at the last meeting-when you all opposed it as well. Obviously, someone has _____ a few of you into changing your opinion since last month, and your sudden, _____ decision to yield to Beta-Rad Enterprises bothers me a great deal. What happened to the surplus of _____ toward Beta-Rad from the last meeting? Don't you remember how we _____ in our victory over the radioactive waste dump? For two years, we've listened to Beta-Rad executives _____ us, and we finally had the chance to stop it for good. How could the opinions of fifteen people possibly ____ this much?"

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. magnanimous, impeccable, impound, contrite, expatriate, emulate, collaborate. "Don't _____ me, kid-unless you want to spend time in the slammer, too," Buddy laughed as he put his hands in the air and glanced around. "But if you're really interested, maybe we can _____ on helping' you pick the winning horse." Lucas didn't return his uncle's smirk, and Buddy became _____. Lucas never really adapted to conversing through a sheet of Plexiglas, and the tinny sound of Buddy's musing through the two-way intercom made him uncomfortable. Lucas came to the prison only because the police were going to _____ Buddy's car if no one removed it from the credit union parking lot, and Lucas thought that he was being _____ by mentioning that he, like Buddy, had an interest in horse racing.

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. chauvinist, ostentatious, beIated, egalitarian. The corporation claimed to endorse _____ company policies, but some of the managers were _____ who refused to promote anyone not native to Scandinavia. One of the foreign employees eventually filed suit against the company, and in two years was awarded the _____ promotion he had long deserved.

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. humility, avid, dolorous, explicit, agrarian, formidable, gadfly, epistle, gargantuan. The atmosphere at Aunt Agnes's farmhouse was _____ during the wake following the funeral. No one could believe that Agnes was gone. At least, they reasoned, the _____ equestrian died while doing something that she loved. There was no definite explanation as to why Agnes's horse had bucked her off, but by the looks of the ____ animal tracks, the horse had been spooked by a[n] ____ wolf, perhaps the largest ever seen. The threat of wolves was nothing new to the _____ Van Ness family, who had been farming the northern valley for six generations. Wolves had attacked horses on the farm in the past, especially during extremely cold winters such as this one. Children on the farm always had _____ instructions to stay within sight of the house, but sometimes not even that was enough to protect the family from the hungry, silver predators. Vicky, a niece, wandered up the stairway to the second floor. Memories of her youth flashed through her head as she entered Agnes's room, sat on the corner of the bed, and noticed the dusty corner of an old shoebox protruding from beneath the vanity. Curious, Vicky retrieved the box and, to her surprise, she found thirty years of hand-written _____, some of which were for Agnes, and some of which Agnes wrote but never sent.

Complete the sentences by inferring information about the italicized word from its context. Everyone knew that Bonnie was a sycophant because whenever the governor entered the room, Bonnie would...

Underline each participle or participial phrase and draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun it modifies. Having concluded my speech, I stepped away from the podium.

Complete the sentences by inferring information about the italicized word from its context. If the police determine that the suspicious package is a hoax, then it is probably safe for the evacuated employees to...

From the list bellow, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. arbiter vacuous burgeon commensurate vagary secular A. As the terrorists threat ____ each year in the United States, citizens must raise their vigilance to ___ levels. Citizens must also hinder terrorist intelligence-gathering capabilities by implementing small irregularities in their day-to-day routines. This intentional ____ will prevent terrorists from determining the best time to attack. We must learn to vary concentrations of people, control the distribution of work schedules, and otherwise keep terrorists as ____ as possible about our daily routines.

From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. magnanimous expatriate impeccable emulate impound collaborate contrite A. "Don't _____ me, kid-unless you want to spend time in the slammer, too," Buddy laughed as he put his hands in the air and glanced around. "But if you're really interested, maybe we can _____ on 'helping' you pick the winning horse. " Lucas didn't return his uncle's smirk, and buddy became ____ _ Lucas never really adapted to conversing through a sheet of Plexiglas, and the tinny sound of Buddy's musing through the two-way intercom made him uncomfortable. Lucas came to the prison only because the police were going to _____ Buddy's car if no one removed it from the credit union parking lot, and Lucas thought that he was being _____ by mentioning that he, like Buddy, had an interest in horse racing. From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used. evoke inane expatriate sere heinous enhance frowzy enunciate B. Jerry squinted and ran his hand through his _____ mop of hair. The Pacific sun was already high in the sky, and he had a lot of work to accomplish before his guests arrived that evening. Originally from a Minnesota dairy, Jerry had lived on the tiny Micronesian island for over sixteen years. He never really considered himself to be a[n] ____ _ but then again, he didn't plan to return to the United States, either. Thinking that it might be a good idea to _____ his front yard before his visitors arrived, Jerry grabbed a machete and walked to the coconut grove in front of his shack. Huffing, Jerry chopped at the ____ _ withered fronds hanging against the trunks of the palm trees. When he finished cutting the fronds, he gathered the stray coconuts-some months

Graph each number on the complex plane. Then find its absolute value. 6 - 4i

En parejas, imaginen que tienen cincuenta años y están hablando de sus años de juventud. ¿Qué habrían hecho de manera diferente? ¿Qué tipo de amigos/as (tener)?

How did King and Gandhi unite their roles as religious leaders with their roles as social activists?