Quarterly 2 English 9R 2023-2024

No one but a heartless person would __ nickels and dimes from a charity's collection fund.

• exorcise

• fabricate

• pilfer

• surmount

Athletes in certain sports may complain that judges are __ toward certain competitors.

• altercation

• pilfer

• adherent

• biased

I do not fully _____ your bad behavior, but I can understand, to some extent, why you acted that way.

• hoodwink

• condone

• pilfer

• fabricate

He has chosen a(n) _ scientist to lead the project.

• condone

• pilfer

• eminent

• trite

After some arguing, a(n) __ broke out between the people who liked country music and those who liked rock and roll.

• trite

• adherent

• abridge

• irate

The little mouse had to __ his fears to run past the sleeping cat, but he accidentally tripped over the cat's tail.

• marauder

• usurp

• pilfer

• surmount

The judge told Todd that if he was strictly __ to the rules and did what was expected, his sentence could be reduced.

• adherent

• eminent

• semblance

• abridge

The baby looked so __ that the photographer decided to take some cute pictures of him with angel wings.

• rift

• adherent

• trite

• eminent

While he was lying about breaking the window, he hoped he had a(n) __ of honesty on his face so he would not get caught.

• rift

• semblance

• usurp

• surmount

CBS had to __ their showing of Schindler's List because the movie was too long, even without commercials.

• condone

• pilfer

• usurp

• abridge