9th Grade Unit 1 Vocab - Word & Sentence

Not a single friend, not a single enemy, was forgotten; the slightest service, the slightest wrong, had its place assigned in her faithful and impeccable memory for ____________ or reward.

• Retribution

• Briskly

• Tantalizing

• Emanate

The mother smoothed the folds of her dyed silk dress before a large Venetian mirror in the wall, and in her trodden-down shoes _______ ascended the carpeted stairs.

• Insufferable

• Emanate

• Briskly

• Pry

____________ heat usually translates to some serious discomfort, so dressing lightly is one of the best ways to counter those effects.

• Retribution

• Insufferable

• Lingers

• Disposition

For higher-ranking officials who managed to ___________ with large amounts of money, the US was the favourite destination, while Canada, Australia and the Netherlands were also popular.

• Briskly

• Procure

• Atrocity

• Abscond

After dining alone for years, his need for some _________ company outweighed his fear of being a less than accommodating host.

• Congenial

• Tantalizing

• Implore

• Disposition

Lisa hesitated, not wanting to _________ and not sure if the conversation was supposed to end there.

• Implore

• Pry

• Tantalizing

• Abscond

I caught a ______________ glimpse of the sparkling blue sea through the trees.

• Tantalizing

• Congenial

• Succumb

• Atrocity

These chemicals can ______________ certain poisonous gases.

• Briskly

• Emanate

• Insufferable

• Implore

Dear princess, I beg and ___________ you, have some pity on him!

• Docile

• Retribution

• Implore

• Briskly

The leopard _________ in the tree waiting to pounce on its prey.

• Emanate

• Succumb

• Procure

• Lingers