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WorksheetsUnit 9 Sentences
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Just when you think you have everything under control, things start going _______.
a)
disarmingly
b)
awry
c)
aptly
d)
pertinently
2.
The golfer used a six iron to ______ the ball out of the sand with one forceful swipe.
a)
bludgeon
b)
chafe
c)
fend
d)
encroach
3.
Even though the election results started to go against them, the mayor's challengers refused to ______________.
a)
chafe
b)
capitulate
c)
bludgeon
d)
endow
4.
The friction of returned feeling to their fingers as they ________ their hands together rapidly.
a)
defiled
b)
encroached
c)
chafed
d)
capitulated
5.
Religious wars are often provoked by an enemy who __________ a sacred place like a temple or gravestone.
a)
chafes
b)
fends off
c)
defiles
d)
encroaches
6.
The first reports contained such __________ predictions that the island was evacuated well before the storm.
a)
disarming
b)
penal
c)
disgrunted
d)
dire
7.
His _________ manner masked a wily, competitive nature.
a)
disarming
b)
dire
c)
apt
d)
pertinent
8.
The cleaning lady was clearly _______ when we asked her clean the windows, because she had specifically told us she hates polishing glass.
a)
disgruntled
b)
predominant
c)
penal
d)
apt
9.
The swimming pool our neighbor plans to build ______ on the common right-of-way we share along our south border.
a)
defiles
b)
encroaches
c)
bludgeons
d)
endows
10.
The philanthropist _______ his alma mater with $100 million to build a new school for social research.
a)
capitulated
b)
endowed
c)
defiled
d)
fended off
11.
He raised his arms, shielded his face, in order to ______ off the volley of hail the size of ping-pong balls.
a)
bludgeon
b)
capitulate
c)
chafe
d)
fend
12.
The young prince thought he could disobey the rules at his school with _____ because his father was king; however, he quickly realized that this was not the case.
a)
bludgeons
b)
prodigy
c)
impunity
d)
miens
13.
The lifeguard's gentle ______ changed to that of a no-nonsense general when the shark swam toward shore.
a)
chafe
b)
mien
c)
recluse
d)
renown
14.
The island is a(n) __________ facility, serving as holding quarters for convicts heading for prison.
a)
dire
b)
awry
c)
disgruntled
d)
penal
15.
Father told the family only the ______ information and saved the details for a later time.
a)
pertinent
b)
awry
c)
penal
d)
disgruntled
16.
The buying power of the huge oil cartel made it _________ and effectively eliminated all competition.
a)
penal
b)
apt
c)
disarming
d)
predominant
17.
Isaac Stern was a true ________; he could play the violin like an adult when he was only five years old.
a)
prodigy
b)
impunity
c)
bludgeon
d)
recluse
18.
Being a celebrity is often a curse that force stars to become _______ in order to avoid contact with the general public.
a)
recluse
b)
defiles
c)
miens
d)
chafes
19.
The late actor Jason Robards Jr. gained world _____ as as one of the foremost interpreters of the plays of Eugene O'Neill.
a)
impunity
b)
renown
c)
bludgeon
d)
prodigy
20.
If you give your girlfriend a Halloween card for Valentine's Day, you are in big trouble because a card with an ugly witch on the front is not an ____ Valentine.
a)
awry
b)
apt
c)
disgruntled
d)
disarming
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