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
The others are right.
Cursory and secular
Simulate and improvise
Deviated and designated
Shun and latent
Shun - To keep away
Simulate - To imitate something