WorksheetsVocabulary Unit 15 Grade 9
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
I wanted to _____ my mother to buy me a new coat, so I "accidentally" dropped my old coat into the wheat thresher.
LIBERALITY
HARRY
KNAVE
HARANGUE
ACTUATE
Fred Flinstone is the earliest historic account of a(n) _____ employee that used dinosaurs to move rocks.
QUARRY
BRUNT
AVERT
DUBIOUS
HARANGUE
How dare you _____ my request for a raise in salary by giving me the finger!
BOORISH
SPURN
ABASE
COMBATANT
HARRY
Once she got to the podium, all we heard was a loud and long _____ about the corruption within our student government.
PROBE
HARANGUE
BRUNT
ACTUATE
BOORISH
Real aliens know that it's much easier to learn about humans by conducting a(n) _____ of their garbage instead of their bodies.
PROBE
SPURN
DUBIOUS
BRUNT
KNAVE
The rich kids would always _____ the other children by telling them that money determined how cool you were.
PROTRACT
HARANGUE
AVERT
DUBIOUS
ABASE
His story about why he needed our lunch money was pretty _____ and sounded very questionable, so we didn't give him a penny.
LIBERALITY
DUBIOUS
PROTRACT
IMPENITENT
KNAVE
He didn't want me looking at him while he was reading so he asked me to _____ my eyes.
HARRY
HARANGUE
LEGION
AVERT
COMBATANT
The picketers decided to _____ anyone who went into work for the animal testing clinic, harassment which became a large problem for the researchers.
HARRY
QUARRY
PROTRACT
SPURN
BOORISH
As we looked outside, we saw a(n) _____ of ants taking over our backyard, so busted out our magnifying glasses and had a field day.
LIBERALITY
LEGION
ACTUATE
BOORISH
PROTRACT
The judge called the _____ to the stand to explain exactly why he filed a lawsuit against me.
PLAINTIFF
KNAVE
HARRY
ABASE
LEGION
The _____ actress pushed her way to the front of the line and cut in front of everybody.
ACTUATE
LEGION
BRUNT
IMPENITENT
BOORISH
We could use a nice _____ for our army, so let me know if you're into fighting.
COMBATANT
PROBE
IMPENITENT
SPURN
BOORISH
The evil businessman was _____ for tearing down the orphanage to erect a mini-mall, something most people would feel really sorry for.
IMPENITENT
PROBE
SPURN
KNAVE
QUARRY
We had no problem sneaking into the bear cave because the _____ animals were hibernating for the winter.
BOORISH
SPURN
IMPENITENT
DORMANT
KNAVE
