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

8 answers

shun and simulate are wrong.

The others are right.
Thank you so much Ms.Sue !
You're very welcome, Chanel.
1-2. In seventh grade, I looked upon girls with great disdain. Then, in the between seventh and eighth grades, my interest in them suddenly surfaced.
Interim and credible
Cursory and secular
Simulate and improvise
Deviated and designated
Shun and latent
Wrong Miss Sue. Shun and simulate should be flipped.
Shun - To keep away
Simulate - To imitate something
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