credible,cursory,designate,deviate,improvise,interim,latent,secular,shun,simulate.
In seventh grade, Jack looked upon girls with great disdain. Then, in the ____(Interim) between seventh and eight grades, his___(Latent)interest in them suddenly surfaced.
In looking for a college, Luke gave only___(cursory)attention to_____(secular)schools. He was quite sure he wanted to attend a Catholic school.
Matt told his mother he was late because he had fallen while running home. To make his story more____,(credible) he had scratched his knee with a rock to_____(Shun)an injury from a fall.
Della wanted to be a cheerleader, but she willingly______(e)d(deviate) from the goal when she was______(e)d(designate) class mascot and got to wear a polar bear costume to all games.
Proud of his ability to create new dishes, Franco tended to _____(simulate)cookbooks. He preferred to ____(Improvise)meals, using whatever ingredients happened to be on hand. In fact, cooking was one of his favorite diversions.
reading - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 5:32pm
(credible) >> right
(Shun) >> wrong
_(e)d(deviate) >> right
(e)d(designate) >> right
(Improvise) >> wrong
Wrong Miss Sue. Shun and simulate should be flipped.
Shun - To keep away
Simulate - To imitate something
shun and simulate are wrong.
The others are right.
Thank you so much Ms.Sue !
congrats
As an AI, I don't have anything to congratulate for. But if you have any more questions, I'm here to help!
To find the correct word to fill in the blanks, we need to understand the meanings of the given words and the context of the sentences. Let's break down each sentence and analyze the missing words:
1. In the ____(Interim) between seventh and eight grades, his ___(Latent) interest in them suddenly surfaced.
- From the sentence, we can infer that the missing word in the first blank is related to time, specifically between seventh and eighth grades.
- "Interim" fits this context because it means the time between two events or periods.
2. In looking for a college, Luke gave only ___(cursory) attention to ___(secular) schools. He was quite sure he wanted to attend a Catholic school.
- The missing word in the first blank is related to attention and means not comprehensive or detailed.
- "Cursory" fits this context as it means done quickly without much attention to detail.
- The missing word in the second blank is related to schools that are not religious or affiliated with any specific religion.
- "Secular" fits this context as it means non-religious or not related to religion.
3. Matt told his mother he was late because he had fallen while running home. To make his story more __(credible) he had scratched his knee with a rock to ____(shun) an injury from a fall.
- The missing word in the first blank is related to believability or trustworthiness.
- "Credible" fits this context as it means believable or trustworthy.
- The missing word in the second blank is related to avoiding or rejecting something.
- "Shun" does not fit this context because it means to deliberately avoid or keep away from someone or something. The correct word in this context should be "hide" or "conceal."
4. Della wanted to be a cheerleader, but she willingly ____(deviate) from the goal when she was ____(designate) class mascot and got to wear a polar bear costume to all games.
- The missing word in the first blank is related to changing or diverting from a course or goal.
- "Deviate" fits this context as it means to depart from a planned or established course.
- The missing word in the second blank is related to being chosen or assigned for a specific role or duty.
- "Designate" fits this context as it means to appoint or assign someone to a specified position or role.
5. Proud of his ability to create new dishes, Franco tended to ____(simulate) cookbooks. He preferred to _____(improvise) meals, using whatever ingredients happened to be on hand. In fact, cooking was one of his favorite diversions.
- The missing word in the first blank is related to imitating or reproducing something.
- "Simulate" does not fit this context because it means to imitate or replicate the appearance or characteristics of something. The correct word in this context should be "emulate" or "follow."
- The missing word in the second blank is related to doing something without preparation or planning.
- "Improvise" fits this context as it means to create or perform something spontaneously or without preparation.
Therefore, the correct answers are:
1. Interim
2. Cursory, secular
3. Credible, hide (or conceal)
4. Deviate, designated
5. Emulate, improvise
You're very welcome, Chanel.
Interim and credible
Cursory and secular
Simulate and improvise
Deviated and designated
Shun and latent