9th Grade Vocabulary Review Lesson 4

Frightened by the cat, the mouse _____ to safety.

• deterred

• scuttled

• subsided

• hampered

When his cold symptoms _____, Demetrius returned to work.

• hampered

• scuttled

• subsided

• commenced

The difficulty and risks involved in climbing Mount Everest have _____ many people from even attempting it.

• deterred

• procrastinated

• scuttled

• subsided

Once the rain stopped, the game could _____.

• thwart

• preclude

• deter

• commence

The fact that he was an employee _____ him form entering the store's sweepstakes

• precluded

• commenced

• subsided

• scuttled

My brother always _____; his favorite saying is "never do today what you can put off until tomorrow".

• scuttles

• procrastinates

• commences

• deters

The _____ in the pipe ultimately caused it to burst.

• scuttle

• cesssation

• obstruction

• hamper

We had to wait for the _____ of the thunderstorm before we could sail.

• cessation

• obstruction

• thwarting

• commencement

My travel plans were _____ by the airline strike.

• subsided

• commenced

• scuttled

• thwarted

Put your dirty clothes in the _____.

• procrastinator

• cessation

• hamper

• obstruction