Vocabulary Grade 12 — Set 1: In Context flashcards
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The movers were oddly ______ about Mrs. Park's antique china: they heard every one of her warnings, then tossed the boxes into the truck anyway with a shrug, as if her grandmother's plates were paper cups.cavalierCharacter & Behavior
Hearing her worry and brushing it off with a shrug is an offhand lack of concern for something that matters to her. Heedless would take "of" here; slipshod describes careless work, not an attitude toward someone's feelings.
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The old professor seemed to ______ any question he considered beneath him: he did answer it, but with a weary sigh and a glance at the clock.disdainFeelings & Attitudes
Looking down on a question as beneath you is to disdain it. Spurn means to reject something with scorn, but he does answer; he simply makes his scorn plain. -
Only the head baker and her sister were ______ to the secret recipe behind the shop's famous cinnamon rolls.privyThinking & Knowing
Being let in on a secret is being privy to it. Cognizant means aware, but it takes "of" and says nothing about being trusted with a secret. -
When the city council asked why the bridge repairs were three years late, the construction company chose to ______, skipping every hearing and leaving every letter unanswered.stonewallSpeaking & Arguing
Meeting questions with evasion or a flat refusal to answer or help is to stonewall. Stymie means to block someone's progress and needs an object; here the company blocks by staying silent. -
Trailing by one run in the ninth, the coach tried a daring ______, sending his fastest runner to steal home on the very first pitch.gambitActions & Effort
A risky move made to gain an advantage is a gambit. Bravado is a show of boldness, but the coach's move is a real tactic, not a display. -
The summer she spent volunteering at an animal hospital proved ______: it is the reason she became a vet twenty years later.formativeChange & Growth
An experience that shapes how someone develops is formative. Embryonic means at an early stage, but the summer is not unfinished; it shaped her later life. -
Instruments buried deep under the volcano recorded ______ activity for weeks before it finally erupted.seismicSize & Amount
Shaking of the ground is seismic activity. Monolithic means large and uniform, and nothing here describes the volcano's shape. -
"How was your weekend?" seemed an ______ question, but it brought Tia to tears because her dog had run away on Saturday.innocuousQuality & Judgment
Harmless and unlikely to upset is innocuous. Humdrum means dull, but the point is that the question seemed harmless, not boring. -
Because the shoplifting charge was minor, the case went before a local ______ rather than a full court with a jury.magistrateSociety & Power
A judge who hears minor cases is a magistrate. An arbiter settles disputes, not criminal charges. -
After forty years, the members voted for the ______ of the stamp club, and its few remaining albums went to the school library.dissolutionNature & Time
The official ending of an organization is its dissolution. Finality is the quality of being final, not the act of ending a club.
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