ELA Vocabl Lesson 7-8 Sentances

lampoon

Jon Stewart has made a
career of ______ politicians

acquiesce

The exhausted mother
______ to her toddler's demands
for a new toy

tenacious

With ______
determination, the hobbled runner
crawled across the marathon's finish
line

haughty

When the boy belched at
the dinner table, a look of _____
disdain crossed the hostess' face

abstain

To win a bet, he agreed to
______ from junk food for one year

ennui

Facing staggering piles of
homework with no hope for relief, a
heavy sense of _____ filled my soul

temerity

She had the _____ to
illegally jaywalk right in front of the
police officer's car.

debacle

The mortgage industry's
financial ______ has wounded the
entire nation's economy.

deride

The professor _____ my
essay as a clumsy attempt at literary
analysis.

cantankerous

The crusty, _______
old man bellowed at the children as
they walked past his house.