Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 9

Miss Pettimire is not ________ to cancel the essay for homework- in fact, she's likely to assign two essays!

• renown

• apt

• endowed

• capitulate

The ancient Greek lawgiver Draco proposed that a(n) ________ code so severe that it demanded death as the punishment for the smallest of crimes.

• defiled

• dire

• disarming

• penal

No citizen had _____ from Draco's harsh punishments; today, his name give us the adjective draconian, meaning harsh and sever.

• impunity

• mien

• fend

• renown

Sam had planned on a quiet career as a business lawyer, but his plans went ___ when he was hired to represent the infamous killer during his high-profile trail.

• awry

• endowed

• bludgeoned

• dire

The dictator vowed that he'd never ______ to the demands of the angry crowds, but that was before they burst into the palace and he was faced with their anger.

• apt

• disgruntled

• capitulate

• encroach

As the rising sea levels ________ on our coasts, underground fresh water reserves will become contaminated by salt water, making them unusable.

• defiled

• disarming

• fend

• encroach

What will we do if our drinking water supply becomes _____ by rising sea levels? The alternatives are few and expensive.

• prodigy

• bludgeoned

• endowed

• defiled

One famous _______ in literature is the mysterious Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; we only catch a glimpse of him at the end of the novel.

• recluse

• chafe

• disgruntled

• predominant

Mozart was a musical _____, performing for the royal courts of Europe when he was only six years old and composing full symphonies by 17.

• recluse

• renown

• mien

• prodigy

In Poe's poem, "The Raven," he states that the bird has the ____ of a lord or lady, suggesting that the raven bears itself in a dignified and noble fashion

• awry

• impunity

• mien

• capitulate