Vocabulary • Ch 3 - Grade 9 • Fill in the blanks

His favorite _________ is playing chess.

• surveillance

• poignancy

• tantalize

• pastime

The hiker ignored the warning signs and ventured into the _________ of the deep forest.

• satisfactorily

• subsequent

• peril

• picturesque

The small, charming village was _________ with its colorful cottages and pristine landscape.

• proximity

• poignancy

• squalid

• picturesque

The speech was filled with _________, leaving everyone in tears.

• tedious

• poignancy

• rococo

• significance

The judge's _________ influenced his decision in the case.

• tedious

• tantalize

• prejudice

• rococo

The _________ of the hotel to the beach made it a popular choice for vacationers.

• proximity

• renegade

• significance

• reek

She looked at him with a _________ expression, unsure of what he meant.

• quizzical

• squalid

• scourge

• poignancy

The pungent odor of the rotten food made the kitchen _________.

• reek

• squalid

• pastime

• tedious

The _________ soldier decided to desert his unit and join the opposing side.

• renegade

• scourge

• quizzical

• poignancy

After a long day of work, she looked forward to a moment of _________ in her cozy reading nook.

• squalid

• respite

• surveillance

• prejudice