Vocabulary Lesson 9

to gather things together, usually for pleaure or profit

• amass

• fledgling

• lavish

• undulate

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence:

Behind Jimmy's ___________ at the amusement park lay an intense fear of roller coasters.

• profusion

• euphemism

• bravado

• occult

The opposite of disdain is

• amass

• menagerie

• commiserate

• deter

A word that is synonymous with prevent is

• deter

• recluse

• peripheral

• profusion

Fill in the word that completes the sentence:

Some people use the phrase "at rest" as a __________ for "dead."

• amass

• fledgling

• tangible

• euphemism

A word that is synonymous with novice is

• fledgling

• bravado

• recluse

• lavish

The opposite of cheap or stingy

• commiserate

• profusion

• lavish

• undulate

A collection of animals on display

• menagerie

• occult

• tangible

• skittish

Choose the word that completes the sentence:

During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, people were accused of engaging in ____________ activity.

• amass

• skittish

• profusion

• occult

of, near, or related to the outer edge or boundary

• peripheral

• tangible

• bravado

• euphemism