9th Vocab Unit 2 - Lesson

Multiple Choice

Heather’s __________ handwriting in the love note kept her boyfriend from knowing her true feelings.

• illegible

• lucrative

• mediocre

Multiple Choice

Jeer

• to make fun of in a rude way

• to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

• to conquer by force; to put under complete control

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profitable, bringing in money

• lucrative

• mediocre

• terse

Multiple Choice

If I want to take advanced classes next year, I need to change my study habits from __________ to outstanding.

• mediocre

• terse

• lucrative

Multiple Choice

As problems in the company continued to __________, Amy decided it was best to go ahead and retire.

• proliferate

• subjugate

• tantalize

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to conquer by force; to put under complete control

• subjugate

• tantalize

• sully

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Sully

• to soil, stain, tarnish, or besmirch

• to tease; to torment by teasing

• to conquer by force; to put under complete control

Multiple Choice

Although I intended to stay on a strict, healthy diet, the smell of my grandmother’s cookies was __________.

• tantalizing

• jeering

• proliferating

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I knew by her ________ response to my text message that she still hadn’t forgiven me.

• terse

• jeer

• tantalizing

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Jessica’s confident, __________ nature in the face of adversity helped her become a clear leader in the group.

• unflinching

• jeering

• tantalizing

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adjourn

• to stop proceedings temporarily; to move to another place

• to make up for; to repay for services

• to strengthen or build up

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Alien

• foreign or unfamiliar

• having a pleasing appearance

• not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinary

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Comely

• having a pleasing appearance

• loose in one’s morals or behavior

• not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinary

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Compensate

• to make up for; to repay for services

• to stop proceedings temporarily; to move to another place

• to strengthen or build up

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Dissolute

• loose in one’s morals or behavior

• having a pleasing appearance

• not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinary

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Erratic

• not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinary

• loose in one’s morals or behavior

• having a pleasing appearance

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Expulsion

• the process of driving or forcing out

• a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense

• food for horse or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

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Feint

• a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense

• food for horse or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

• the process of driving or forcing out

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Fodder

• food for horse or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

• a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense

• the process of driving or forcing out

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Fortify

• to strengthen or build up

• to make up for; to repay for services

• to stop proceedings temporarily; to move to another place