Vocabulary • Ch 9 - Hoot • Fill in the blanks

The security guards patrol the _________ of the building.

• perimeter

• remorse

• confide

• appeal

She felt comfortable enough to _________ in her best friend about her deepest secrets.

• elude

• confide

• laboratory

• mortal

The lawyer presented a convincing _________ to the jury.

• remorse

• confide

• constant

• appeal

The suspect managed to _________ capture by jumping over fences and disappearing into the night.

• nimble

• elude

• accordion

• refrain

The employee had to _________ for forgiveness after making a costly mistake.

• indicate

• solvent

• conscious

• grovel

The smell of onions was _________ in the kitchen.

• grovel

• elude

• pungent

• perimeter

She played the _________ during the lively polka dance.

• perimeter

• remorse

• appeal

• accordion

The _________ cat effortlessly leapt onto the windowsill.

• specimen

• fiasco

• nimble

• impact

The biologist carefully examined the _________ under the microscope.

• specimen

• mortal

• confide

• remorse

The earthquake left a devastating _________ on the city.

• fiasco

• refrain

• impact

• commotion