Vocabulary Level B Unit 9 Sentences

The hikers needed to _____ their pace one it became clear that it would soon rain.

• accelerate
• vital
• stifle
• regal

The _____ who had witnessed the collision gave his statement to the police.

• vital
• accelerate
• bystander
• stifle

The students volunteered to _____ the neighborhood for our candidate.

• canvass
• bystander
• accelerate
• vital

A _____ remark made by the mayor was taken out of context and used against him by the press.

• canvass
• casual
• bystander
• accelerate

Most of the immigrants at Ellis Island represented ______ masses yearning to be free.

• casual
• canvass
• bystander
• downtrodden

To ____ shoppers into the store, salesperson were giving away coupons for free gifts.

• downtrodden
• entice
• casual
• canvass

Storms and mudslides _____ the road so that eventually it became impassable.

• erode
• entice
• downtrodden
• casual

After suffering much damage in the storm, the small craft was left to _____ about helplessly.

• entice
• erode
• flounder
• downtrodden

A witness gave the reporter a _____ account of the destruction caused by tornado.

• flounder
• erode
• entice
• graphic

The ____ crime rocked the ordinarily quiet neighborhood.

• flounder
• graphic
• gruesome
• erode