Vocabulary in Context
Vocabulary Practice
Choose true or false for each statement. Write the clue or clues that make you think that way.
1. If something happens inevitably, there is probably no way to avoid it.
2. A preoccupied person is one who lives in a house that was previously occupied.
3. A threshold can be found at the front of the house.
4. A person walking slowly communicates a feeling of urgency.
5. People who contemplate art tend to have little respect for culture.
6. If someone retorts, he or she is probably irritated or impatient.

The vertical height of a soccer ball can be represented by the following function, where h(x) represents the height, in feet, x seconds after the soccer ball is kicked. rewrite the function in the form that reveals the times at which the soccer ball is on the ground.

List some things u like to do with everyday friends (school friends)

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.