Vocabulary • Ch 1 - Grade 9 • Fill in the blanks

The sponge quickly soaked up the spilled water, showing its excellent _________ abilities.

• altercation

• absorption

• cerebral

• deprivation

She felt compelled to _________ to his demands.

• cerebral

• auxiliary

• citadel

• acquiesce

The two men got into a heated _________ over a parking dispute.

• altercation

• acquiesce

• citadel

• absorption

There was a deep sense of _________ between the two rival gangs.

• cerebral

• animosity

• altercation

• auxiliary

The government implemented strict _________ measures to reduce the budget deficit.

• austerity

• acquiesce

• auxiliary

• altercation