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Vocabulary Unit 12 Grade 9

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many people are afraid of _____ drugs that are created in a laboratory, so they only use organic drugs like dog hair extract instead.

a)

MALTREAT

b)

CONCERTED

c)

IRREVERENT

d)

BRAWNY

e)

SYNTHETIC

2.

In an attempt to protect himself from being overthrown, the dictator hired a(n) _____ woman with bulging muscles to guard him while he slept.

a)

BRAWNY

b)

BLASPHEMY

c)

CONTEND

d)

APPRECIABLE

e)

BLANCH

3.

The man was so _____ that I didn't think he'd ever get angry, until he saw his daughter's cell phone bill.

a)

ILLUSTRIOUS

b)

BLANCH

c)

TEMPERATE

d)

SYNTHETIC

e)

PONDER

4.

She didn't think tanning would make a(n) _____ difference in her appearance, but her bright red cheeks and arms proved otherwise.

a)

BRAWNY

b)

HUMANE

c)

LITHE

d)

APPRECIABLE

e)

CONCERTED

5.

The _____ leader used his absolute power to reinstate witch burning without a care for what his citizens felt about it.

a)

BRAWNY

b)

AUTOCRATIC

c)

LABORIOUS

d)

BLANCH

e)

WILY

6.

You have to be careful around the _____ flea market merchants, because they are famous for being very cunning at haggling.

a)

VENOMOUS

b)

SUBVERSIVE

c)

SYNTHETIC

d)

PONDER

e)

WILY

7.

The woman was so _____ that she could touch her toe to her nose with ease.

a)

INTOLERABLE

b)

APPRECIABLE

c)

LITHE

d)

SUBVERSIVE

e)

CONTEND

8.

The angry woman cursed and spoke much _____, a sacrilegious sign that she must have been a witch.

a)

LITHE

b)

MALTREAT

c)

SYNTHETIC

d)

BRAWNY

e)

BLASPHEMY

9.

Her sunburned face began to _____ when she saw the mummy, returning it to its normal pale white.

a)

BLANCH

b)

INTOLERABLE

c)

CONTEND

d)

TEMPERATE

e)

BRAWNY

10.

The first sign the organization was _____ must have been their pamphlet's title, which was "How to Overthrow your Government in Ten Easy Steps."

a)

SUBVERSIVE

b)

ILLUSTRIOUS

c)

LABORIOUS

d)

CONTEND

e)

WILY

11.

The nerdy science student became a(n) _____ scientist who was known for his work in cancer.

a)

AUTOCRATIC

b)

TEMPERATE

c)

ILLUSTRIOUS

d)

WILY

e)

VENOMOUS

12.

I had to _____ with working a part-time job and keeping up with my school work.

a)

CONTEND

b)

APPRECIABLE

c)

PONDER

d)

AUTOCRATIC

e)

WILY

13.

The _____ boy thought it would be funny to throw a pie at the poor man during his retirement party, a disrespectful act that got him thrown out.

a)

SYNTHETIC

b)

AUTOCRATIC

c)

BLANCH

d)

HUMANE

e)

IRREVERENT

14.

I was amazed to see how _____ the lumberjack was when he tended to the squirrel's broken leg, because I always thought lumberjacks weren't very compassionate toward animals.

a)

HUMANE

b)

AUTOCRATIC

c)

BLANCH

d)

APPRECIABLE

e)

PONDER

15.

Instead of going through the _____ task of untangling last year's Christmas lights, I opt to purchase brand new lights each year to avoid the hard work.

a)

CONCERTED

b)

LITHE

c)

LABORIOUS

d)

SUBVERSIVE

e)

ILLUSTRIOUS