Vocabulary 27.2

In the movie Cast Away, Tom Hanks character becomes ______ to a life at seas after being stranded for months.

• detered

• inured

• accrued

• nurtured

When the times get tough, some ______ words from your family might be all you need.

• bolster

• perpendicular

• nurturing

• hamper

You have to be inspired by athletes who do not let injuries _____ them from competing.

• inure

• deter

• garner

• bolster

The entire student body ________ the team as they competed at the state competition.

• inured

• bolstered

• garnered

• accrued

I have a bad habit of ____________ furniture that I really do not need.

• garnering

• hampering

• bolstering

• nurturing

Since the surgery, I have needed a __________ pillow to support my back when I sit on the couch.

• bolster

• accrue

• exemplar

• hamper

Fashion models should not be taken as ________ for how we should all look.

• nurture

• exemplars

• accrue

• bolster

Napster and other file sharing services allowed users to __________ thousands of songs that they did not pay to own.

• deter

• exemplar

• nurture

• garner

Some rainy weather will not be enough to ________ us from going outside today.

• hamper

• deter

• garner

• accrue

I promised my mom that I would ________ the lost puppy until its owners came to find it.

• accrue

• dire

• inure

• nurture