Freshmen Vocabulary Review Units 9-15
Unit 9
1. What serves as an auxiliary to the President?
2. How was his candid apology for stealing the woman's car proven false?
3. Did the excitement for his new job die down when he discovered the small size of his new cubicle?
4. Was your day at work a drudgery or a walk in the park?
5. Was Ben Franklin or Sam Adams the American envoy to France during the Revolution?
6. Did the skirmish escalate into something more serious?
7. What would be an expedient survival tool?
8. Have you ever feigned being sick to stay home from school?
9. What would an artist have a flair for?
10.What would be a grievous moment in someone's life?
Word Bank:
Repugnant Incredulous Heterogeneous Rasping Monologue Prognosis
Scuttle Hord Inscribe Impel
- A box of chocolates is ______because you never know what's in it.
- Mufasa was killed when he fell into a ______of stampeding gazelles.
- Though he was ______to turn to the dark side, Luke Skywalker refused.
- There are many ______in the play, Romeo and Juliet spoken by the actors.
- He______The person's name into the gravestone.
- He was so______when he heard of the news that he didn't even acknowledge it.
- A weather forecast can also be known as a ______
- The crack in the pipe caused a loud ______
- The look of the homeless man was dirty and ______
- The mouse was startled by the noise and ______out of the room.
Unit 10
1. Who is someone you know that is adept at something?
2. Have you ever aspired to do something in your life?
3. Have you ever felt bleak before?
4. Have you ever been chided for something you didn't do?
5. What is an example of despicable behavior?
6. Do you believe that someone who is diminutive can be better than someone who is bigger and more muscular?
7. What people did Abraham Lincoln emancipate?
8. How hard is it to read an erroneous paper?
9. Have you ever exploited a friend’s weakness to convince them to do something?
10. What is something you have said extemporaneously?
Rugged Obtrusive Languid Invincible Render
Slipshod Preamble Impair Skeptical Mire
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11. During the match, the wrestler permanently ______his opponent's shoulder.
12. She was ______during her winning streak, until she was defeated.
13. The ______flower looked very weak with no sun.
14. After days of rain, my backyard became a flood of ______.
15. Her bad attitude was ______during the conversation.
16. At the graduation, my sister's ______to her speech was very heartbreaking.
17. The judge ______the suspects guilty.
18. I had a very hard time trying to climb the ______mountain
19. Her alibi during the time of the crime is very ______.
20. Her ______presentation failed to impress the buyers.
Unit 11
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1. The student was marked down for the ______of his essay because it was only a paragraph long.
2. We were told to ______because we represented our school on the class trip.
3. My grandfather doesn't talk much, but when he does, it's ______and extremely meaningful.
4. Although the girl's ______made her seem unfriendly, when you get to know her she is actually very outgoing.
5. I really wanted new sperry's, so i was going to wait for them to ______,but they only got more expensive.
6. After owning the same pair of shoes for three year they began to ______.
7. After years of waited and after 3 engagements, my Aunt finally ______that she was planning her wedding.
8. The principal gladly ______my parents on my bad behavior in school.
9. I ______a bad grade on finals by studying all week.
10. Through the rumor chain, we found out the Mary has the flu, but the massage was so ______that the original message was that Mary was getting her ears pierced.
QUESTIONS
11. Who was the person in the company that was the main proponent in the business proposal?
12. Whose voice quavered when they were scared by the ghost?
13. Why did Lexi recoil when she saw a clown?
14. How did he recoup after his broken bone?
15. Why does milk reek when it goes bad?
16.Why was the Math teacher so relentless while grading their tests?
17. What animals live in a rivulet?
18. What did Julia squander her monthly paycheck on?
19.Was Josh's piano piece staccatoor smooth?
20. What kind of person breaks a statute?
Unit 12
1. Who is the autocratic leader of the United States?
2. Why did the girls face become blanch?
3. What is the name of that brawny man over there?
4. What was the final score after the two teams contended?
5. Who is the most humane person you know?
6. What is the most laborious work that you have ever had to do?
7. What organization helps maltreated animals?
8. What kinds of snakes are venomous?
9. Why is it important for the ballerina to be so lithe?
10. Which two sports are you pondering playing next year?
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appreciable Blasphemy Concerted Illustrious Intolerable
Irreverent Subversive Synthetic Temperate Wily
1. The man had on an ______amount of cologne on.
2. The team made a ______effort to beat the defending champions.
3. When he swore at god it was a pure act of ______.
4. Michael Jordan had one of the most ______sports careers in history.
5. When I didn't clean my room for the second week in a row, my mom said it was ______.
6. Talking back to your parents is considered ______.
7. When the new treaty was signed, many people had ______feelings.
8. There are very few baseball fields with ______grass.
9. Alaska is cold while the northwest is ______.
10. The ______student called in sick to get an extra day to study.
Unit 13
1. Why did the race feel ad infinitum?
2. How come the waitress didn’t apportion our menus?
3. What made the boyfriend so bona fide?
4. Why are ducks buoyant?
5. How come cliques always seem to have malicious girls?
6. In what way did the defendant coincide during the trial?
7. What ways was the lacrosse player congenial toward his teammates?
8. Is there any way I can get the lofty apartment?
9. Why do birds migrate in the winter?
10. How do scouts perceive players?
Untenable Waned Severed Perverse Vindicate
RusticVersatile Prelude. SordidRancid..
1. Mary was ______and didn’t listen to her parents no matter how many times they reprimanded her.
2. The ______of the play was intriguing and had a hook.
3. The expired food in the back of the cabinet was ______.
4. Dan was ______when talking when talking to the pretty girl; he lacked grace and sophistication.
5. When cutting the vegetables, Rebecca ______her fingered in half.
6. The idea to maintain the greenhouse was ______because of how old it is as well as all the mold and bacteria it has inside of it.
7. Ever since Julia and her boyfriend started dating, her grades have been ______
8. Samantha isn't ______in many sports.
9. Mrs. Smith ______her client in the trial.
10. It is a shame a majority of the homeless population in America live in such ______conditions.
Unit 14
Fill in the blank
Cleave Cornerstone Devitalize Exonerate Haphazard
Incite Pallor Precipitous Reconcile Threadbare
- The guillotine was usedThe heads of France's enemies.
- A good friend should be a for his friends.
- The heat can you so make sure you drink plenty of water.
- The defendant’s alibi him for any charges.
- His project was so we could tell he did it before school
- Japan's bombing of Pearl Harborthe U.S.A. To war.
- Even though Juliet had been "dead", she didn't have .
- The double black diamond was .
- After our fight, I wanted to but he spurned my request
- The poor man’s clothes were having withstood many torrents.
Questions
- Why did Germany want to annex the Sudetenland?
- Why did all the kids love the cordial teacher?
- Why was Vietnam such a debacle?
- Why did USAembroil itself in WW1?
- Why must a businessman be glib when talking?
- Why did his presentation look improvised?
- When did the influx of immigrants hit USA
- Why is a pedigree important for noblemen in the Middle Ages?
- How did Russia's profuse amount of troops defeat Hitler?
- Why did the guard shackle the prisoner?
Unit 15
1. What was the lion’s quarry?
2. What machine lets us probe the bottom of the sea?
3. Give an example of an act of liberalizing.
4. What did the boorish girl do at the fancy restaurant that got her kicked out?
5. Did you believe the dubious boy’s story?
6. How long has the volcano been dormant?
7. Did she feel impenitent after she broke your window?
8. Were the legion of men successful in the battle?
9. How did the two combatants settle their differences?
10. How did the bully abase the young boy?
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11. Martin Luther King Jr ______the crowd with his " I have a dream" speech.
12. She ______her eyes off the road for only a second but ended up hitting a deer.
13. Seaside heights took the ______of hurricane Sandy.
14. The teacher ______her students after they misbehaved with the substitute.
15. In order to get gold and goods, the Vikings ______each other to plunder nearby villages.
16. The ______in the 1st grade class switched the icing with glue.
17. The ______won the lawsuit.
18. The teacher ______her lesson by going into depth on the subject.
19. The popular girl ______the nerdy boy when he asked her to prom.
20. Her fever was a ______to get out of playing the game.