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Vocabulary Unit 15 Grade 9

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I wanted to _____ my mother to buy me a new coat, so I "accidentally" dropped my old coat into the wheat thresher.

a)

LIBERALITY

b)

HARRY

c)

KNAVE

d)

HARANGUE

e)

ACTUATE

2.

Fred Flinstone is the earliest historic account of a(n) _____ employee that used dinosaurs to move rocks.

a)

QUARRY

b)

BRUNT

c)

AVERT

d)

DUBIOUS

e)

HARANGUE

3.

How dare you _____ my request for a raise in salary by giving me the finger!

a)

BOORISH

b)

SPURN

c)

ABASE

d)

COMBATANT

e)

HARRY

4.

Once she got to the podium, all we heard was a loud and long _____ about the corruption within our student government.

a)

PROBE

b)

HARANGUE

c)

BRUNT

d)

ACTUATE

e)

BOORISH

5.

Real aliens know that it's much easier to learn about humans by conducting a(n) _____ of their garbage instead of their bodies.

a)

PROBE

b)

SPURN

c)

DUBIOUS

d)

BRUNT

e)

KNAVE

6.

The rich kids would always _____ the other children by telling them that money determined how cool you were.

a)

PROTRACT

b)

HARANGUE

c)

AVERT

d)

DUBIOUS

e)

ABASE

7.

His story about why he needed our lunch money was pretty _____ and sounded very questionable, so we didn't give him a penny.

a)

LIBERALITY

b)

DUBIOUS

c)

PROTRACT

d)

IMPENITENT

e)

KNAVE

8.

He didn't want me looking at him while he was reading so he asked me to _____ my eyes.

a)

HARRY

b)

HARANGUE

c)

LEGION

d)

AVERT

e)

COMBATANT

9.

The picketers decided to _____ anyone who went into work for the animal testing clinic, harassment which became a large problem for the researchers.

a)

HARRY

b)

QUARRY

c)

PROTRACT

d)

SPURN

e)

BOORISH

10.

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.

a)

LIBERALITY

b)

LEGION

c)

ACTUATE

d)

BOORISH

e)

PROTRACT

11.

The judge called the _____ to the stand to explain exactly why he filed a lawsuit against me.

a)

PLAINTIFF

b)

KNAVE

c)

HARRY

d)

ABASE

e)

LEGION

12.

The _____ actress pushed her way to the front of the line and cut in front of everybody.

a)

ACTUATE

b)

LEGION

c)

BRUNT

d)

IMPENITENT

e)

BOORISH

13.

We could use a nice _____ for our army, so let me know if you're into fighting.

a)

COMBATANT

b)

PROBE

c)

IMPENITENT

d)

SPURN

e)

BOORISH

14.

The evil businessman was _____ for tearing down the orphanage to erect a mini-mall, something most people would feel really sorry for.

a)

IMPENITENT

b)

PROBE

c)

SPURN

d)

KNAVE

e)

QUARRY

15.

We had no problem sneaking into the bear cave because the _____ animals were hibernating for the winter.

a)

BOORISH

b)

SPURN

c)

IMPENITENT

d)

DORMANT

e)

KNAVE