Vocabulary Power Plus 9

After two weeks without water the SERE plant broke at the stem.

• unkempt

• dry and withered

• faultless

• silly

The jury was shocked by the young woman's HEINOUS crimes.

• without sense

• faultless

• hatefully evil

• unkempt

The soft, shimmering moonlight ENHANCED the beauty of the lake.

• to increase the beauty of something

• generous in forgiving

• to confine

• to strive to be equal to

The salesman kept calling me "ma'am" in such an UNCTUOUS tone that I did not trust him.

• faultless

• unkempt

• hatefully evil

• exaggeratedly polite

Allowing the man who had insulted him to stay for dinner was a MAGNANIMOUS gesture on Robert's part.

• feeling regret for having committed wrongdoing

• dry and withered

• noble; generous in forgiving

• faultless

The speech therapist POSTULATED that the woman's tongue ring interfered with her enunciation.

• to work toward a goal

• to assume or claim as true

• to retain in legal custody

• to strive to imitate

The CONTRITE child wished she had never thought of playing baseball near the greenhouse.

• feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

• insincerely polite

• unkempt

• faultless

The lyricist and composer COLLABORATED on the stage musical.

• to summon forth

• to strive to be equal to

• to confine

• to work with another toward a goal

The police IMPOUNDED Dave's car after they found traces of drugs on his seats.

• to increase the value of

• to confine; to retain in legal custody

• to summon forth

• to imitate

Karl's appearance was IMPECCABLE from his polished shoes to his neatly combed hair.

• faultless

• dry and withered

• insincerely polite

• noble