9th Grade Vocabulary

We were already struggling to keep students' attention in the classroom when the clown __________ our problem by walking funny through the hall, so everybody would see him.

The people were calm just before the news of the market crash came in, and a __________ formed in the lounge.

  I was dumbfounded because my question ______ no response or interest from the audience.  (verb in past tense).

I chose to work with the new method because the one in the books was already _________, in other words, it was not in use anymore.

Setting the fair on the western grounds was an _________ decision, without any good reason.  

The police required ______________ evidence rather than just hearsay and other unsustainable clues.

The prodigal son ___________ all the inheritance that his father has bestowed on him while pursuing his own pleasures (past tense verb).

Trading with cryptocurrency can be a _________________ business at times, but at others, it could sink all your investments.

People in social welfare are often considered _______________ because they hold no jobs, but that is an unfair label since permanent and good-paying jobs are hard to come by these days (adjective).

The Greene–Jones War was a Appalachian Mountain clan feud in the United States that fed a longstanding _________ between these two families.