9A Exam Review

Many football teams __________ the replacement of real grass by AstroTurf.

• Bewailed

• Emancipated

• Detracted

• Extolled

With an air of __________, the actress flung her arm and pointed to the door.

• Flamboyance

• Wheedle

• Destitution

• Subtlety

• Obligatory

He tried to __________ his father into letting him go to a movie on a school night.

• Wheedle

• Bewail

• Visage

• Coerce

• Plumb

Winter is especially painful for __________ people in the cities of the Northeast.

• Detract

• Affluent

• Maxim

• Vagabond

• Destitute

The lake was too deep for us to __________.

• Wheedle

• Plumb

• Visage

• Extol

• Dive

Some teenagers feel __________ when they get their driver’s license.

• Extolled

• Emancipated

• Detract

• Maxim

The __________ life of traveling musicians suited the members of the band.

• Vagabond

• Intermittent

• Wheedle

• Impetus

• Nomadic

During my senior year, passing Physics seemed __________.

• Maxim

• Obligatory

• Impossible

• Insuperable

• Bewail

The family’s loud music __________ from the peace and quiet of the beach.

• Extols

• Detracts

• Bewails

• Maxims

Showers were __________ throughout the day, although the forecast had promised sunshine.

• Intermittent

• Plumb

• Insuperable

• Obligatory