9_Final Vocabulary Review

The last-minute cancellation of our flight turned out to be __________, as it saved us from being caught in a hurricane.

• Photogenic

• Providential

• Translucent

• Circumspect

While presenting her speech, Morgan managed to __________ her final word long enough to receive a standing ovation.

• Abstain

• Confound

• Sustain

• Suffuse

I'm so __________ in the kitchen that even boiling pasta becomes a disaster waiting to happen.

• Disfigured

• Inept

• Posit

• Prefigure

To __________ the dog next door, my little brother howled at the fence every morning before school.

• Philosophize

• Antagonize

• Dispel

• Enamor

That one coffee shop tried to __________ the entire block by buying out every other café.

• Uniform

• Homogenize

• Equilibrium

• Monopolize

After attending her favorite band’s reunion tour, Sarah felt completely __________ with their new sound.

• Disenchanted

• Resonant

• Assonance

• Dissonance

Critics called the movie adaptation a __________ of the novel, full of bad acting and awkward dialogue.

• Pedant

• Travesty

• Pedestrian

• Pedagogue

The villain’s __________ intentions were revealed when he admitted he wanted to destroy the entire city.

• Benevolent

• Malevolent

• Discord

• Equanimity

As part of the mock government project, Maya wrote a bill to propose during the class’s __________ session.

• Legislative

• Abjure

• Legitimize

• Aristocracy

People with low immune systems are especially __________ to infections during the winter months.

• Rapacious

• Cadence

• Omnivorous

• Susceptible