ELA lessons 1-19 Sentances

sycophant

The professor recognized
the overly attentive student as
nothing more than a _______.

pernicious

The _________ ice storm
attacked the small coastal town.

ubiquitous

Baseball caps are _______
among our male student population.

non sequitur

One of the kids in my group
of friends is so random; he constantly
drops ________ into our
conversations.

diatribe

The candidate for governor
lost voter approval when her _____
about immigration was posted on
YouTube.

nefarious

The ________ activities of
the mafia family were caught on tape.

precursor

Seedless watermelons were
a ________ to a slew of new
bioengineered foods.

impregnable

The castle was surrounded
by an _________ stone wall.

demure

The _____ girl blushed
during the health teacher's lecture.

implacable

After the dry cleaner ruined
her wedding dress, my sister was filled
with _________ rage.

affinity

With her ________ for
performing, it was no surprise that
Julia won the lead in the school
musical.

coquette

The girl ________ batted
her eyelashes and giggled as the boy
told a lame story.

harangue

My cousin is the type of guy
who will harangue strangers about
smoking in public.

bemoan

My single friends often
bemoan the lack of high-quality
people on the dating scene.

misogynist

The supervisor's _______
attitude led to an expensive lawsuit.

abhor

Professional tax preparers
______ a flat tax because it would dry
up their business.

talisman

In many quest stories, an
unlikely hero must deliver a _______
to its rightful owner.

placid

The yoga teacher's ______
demeanor was soothing to the class.

facetious

The girl's snarky, _________
manner made her unpopular with
both her peers and adults.

contrite

The ________ boy offered all
of his birthday money to fix the
window he broke.

erudite

The ______ philosopher's
lecture drew a large crowd of deep-
thinking students.

anomaly

It was a complete ________
when Caroline, a freshman, won the
title of Homecoming Queen, an honor
usually reserved only for senior girls.

noxious

The victims were overcome
by _______ fumes.

replete

The novel, ______ with
humor and drama, rocketed up the
best-sellers' charts.

absolution

The priest administered
______ to the sinners.

cantankerous

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

deride

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

debacle

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

temerity

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

ennui

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

abstain

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

haughty

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

tenacious

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

acquiesce

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

curmudgeon

The complaining man who
works in the next cubicle is nothing
but a tired, old _________.

sojourn

A visit to Shakespeare's
Globe Theater made my ______ to
England complete.

gregarious

My gregarious ________
are the most popular couple on the
block.

augment

The professor ________ his
salary by moonlighting as a book
editor.

engender

Hoping to _________
confidence in the economy, the Senate
approved the tax cut.

nuance

Experts on lying can read
subtle _________ of facial expressions to
determine a suspect's truthfulness.

covert

The F.B.I. agent was sent on a
________ operation.

renown

Many writers of great
__________ fill the shelves of the school's
library.

tangent

My French teacher is well-
known for going off on __________
during her lectures.

kismet

When the pretty girl he'd
noticed on the bus sat next to him in
economics class, the smitten boy
knew it was _______.

exonerate

After D.N.A. evidence was
used to show that the suspect was
never at the crime scene, he was
_________ and released from prison.

altruism

In an act of pure _______, an
anonymous donor paid the college
expenses of the entire senior class.

myopic

Historians have been
criticized for their _______ viewpoint
that most medical advancements
came from Europe.

galvanize

The candidate's speech
_______ the young voters to work
to change the unjust law.

gauche

My mother-in-law's formal
manners always make me feel _________.

zenith

The missile reached its _______
and then fell on its target.

futile

With a 17 percent in the
class, any efforts to pass the final
exam would be _________.

ruminate

The professor asked us to __________ on the nature of human
existence.

acrimony

The ________ of my parents'
divorce was impossible to hide.

solace

When times are tough,
many people seek _______ in religion.

insipid

Many of today's pop songs
are filled with shallow, _________ lyrics.

visceral

:The voters' _______ fear of
change led to the election of the
status-quo candidate.

inept

His _______ handling of the
employees' complaints led to a
lawsuit.

mitigate

She wanted to ________
misery in the world.

vacillate

Early in his career, he
_________ between journalism and
engineering.

incendiary

The girl's ______ lies
required a response.

depravity

Edgar Allan Poe's gothic
tales are filled with ________.

cajole

He tried to __________ his
girlfriend into breaking her curfew.

harbinger

The storm clouds on the
horizon were a _______ of doom.

impetuous

The ______ teen had a
long history of shoplifting arrests
and traffic violations.

extemporaneous

The student's
_________ speech wowed his
classmates and teacher alike.

perfunctory

He gave a _______ nod
to all of the dinner party guests at the
table.

foible

In marriage, spouses learn
to tolerate each other's little _________.

vacuous

From his ________
expression, I could tell that he didn't
know anything about the homework
reading.

reticent

The ______ boy rarely
spoke about his family.

farcical

Facing a _______ tangle of
travel delays, the commuters were
trapped for seven hours as they tried
to leave the city.

egalitarian

Our laws should promote a
fair, more _________ society.

palpable

The tension between the
warring couple was ______.

charlatan

In Huckleberry Finn, the
King and the Duke are a pair of
_______.

atrophy

A child's imagination will
likely _______ if too much time is
spent watching T.V.

collusion

A shocking act of _________
between political leaders and media
owners was revealed in the
testimony.

drivel

That critic's reviews are
nothing but self-important _______.

stoic

The ______ soldier held his
salute while his comrade was laid to
rest.

intrepid

The ______ reporter
eagerly accepted the assignment in
the war-torn country.

balk

When the 12-year-old
asked for an iPhone, her parents
________ at the idea.

gaunt

The ________ faces of District
12 haunted Katniss' dreams.