Flashcards › Lesson 14: sentence practice

My mother tried to read my text message, but because she never texts, she found the messag to be ____________. cryptic We were ___________ by the teacher's instructions for our project. Everyone was confused. confound Though several of my classmates struggled to understand the material, I found to be quite ________________. rudimentary I tried to _________ meaning from the man's broken English, but found I could not understand what he wanted. construe The ________ that Oedipus faces is that in trying to avoid his fate, he runs right into it. paradox We found ourselves in a bit of a ________ when we realized we'd lost the car keys and were several hundred miles away from any town. conundrum The lawyers __________ some compelling evidence against the defendent to convince the jurors of his guilt. adduce When my mom asked if I was looking at my English homework, I ________ by telling her I was. In fact, I was looking at it--sitting in my binder. equivocate Despite being up all night, my roomate still _________ to earn the highest grade on the trigonometry final perspicacity I was surprised by the student's _______lie about missing the test. His deceptiveness was so obvious. patent Vocab for Achievement, lesson 14 Practice with Sentences