Sadlier Vocabulary Level C

SYNONYMS: upright, virtuous, honorable

• ethical

• plausible

• volatile

• prodigal

(v.) to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity

• intrigue

• inaudible

• ethical

• aghast

SYNONYMS: (n) scheme, plot, conspiracy

• aghast

• intrigue

• prodigal

• volatile

SYNONYMS: (n) spender, squanderer, black sheep

• volatile

• prodigal

• volatile

• intrigue

One reason for the mutiny of the crew of the H.M.S. Bounty was that the sailors were sorely ______________ by their captain.

• blanched

• maltreated

• contended

• pondered

As aghast is to horrified, so cower is to

• stand up

• flinch

• face

• honorable

SYNONYM: faint, indistinct, mumbled, imperceptible

• plausible

• cower

• inaudible

• intrigue

(adj.) filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror

• addendum

• inaudible

• aghast

• volatile

wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

• awry

• defile

• dire

• penal

A person may adopt a cheerful _______ in an attempt to conceal sorrow or anger.

• prodigy

• awry

• apt

• mien