Name: _____________________________

Date: April 29, 2016

Advisory: CU PC RIC

Academic Vocabulary Review (Part 3)

Use the word bank below to insert the correct word into the following sentences. Not all words in the
word bank will be used. Then, justify your answer (explain how you know it is correct) using its
definition, part of speech, connotation, or context clues in your response.
Coalesce

Compliant
Conundrum

Deleterious

Congenital
Convoluted

Derelict

Curtail
Derided

1. The overpopulation of large snakes in the forest is ______________________ to the wild rat
population.
Justification:
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
2. Even though they despised each other, the feuding parents of the bride and groom decided to
______________________ and plan a grand wedding for their children.
Justification:
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
3. My brother ______________________ my writing abilities, marking my paper up with a red pen
before thrusting it toward me with a look of disgust.
Justification:
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
4. After realizing they had run out of money, the company was faced with the
______________________ of figuring out how to repay their employees for the past month of work.
Justification:
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________