9th Grade Level D Unit 6 Joint

atone

At one time or another, everyone has done something for which he or she needs to _____.

bondage

Many people escaped the cruel _____ of slavery with the help of the Underground Railroad.

credible

Do you have a _____ explanation for not completing your assignment on time?

defray

Corporate sponsors helped to _____ the cost of the charity’s annual telethon.

diligent

_____ employees are likely to be well rewarded for their dedication and hard work.

doleful

One look at the players’ _____ faces told me that the team had lost the championship game.

ghastly

Some people are almost afraid to go to sleep because they suffer from _____ recurring nightmares

hamper

Poor grades will _____ you in your effort to get a college education.

hew

Even in a crisis, we must _____ to this nation’s principles of liberty, equality, and justice.

impoverished

After World War II, _____ European countries received U.S. aid under the Marshall Plan.

incessant

The loud and _____ chatter of the people at the next table made it hard for us to hear each other.

intricate

Our teacher took us through the _____ solution to the equation step by step.

lucid

The ability to speak in a _____ and persuasive fashion is a great asset to a politician.

posthumous

Many artists and writers have been ignored during their lifetimes only to achieve _____ fame.

prim

How is it that such a _____ and tidy person and such a messy one can be such good friends?

sardonic

Great satirists save their most _____ wit for the greedy, the corrupt, and the hypocritical.

superfluous

Neat and well-organized people know how to eliminate all _____ clutter.

supplant

Computers rapidly _____ typewriters in the workplace, just as photocopiers replaced carbon paper.

taunt

It is not at all unusual for brothers and sisters to tease and _____ one another good-naturedly.
For umpires and referees, the _____ of angry fans are just part of the job.

tenacious

Athletes must be _____ in the pursuit of excellence if they hope to become Olympic champions.

atone

to make up for

bondage

slavery; any state of being bound or held down

credible

believable

defray

to pay for

diligent

hardworking, industrious, not lazy

doleful

sad; dreary

ghastly

frightful, horrible; deathly pale

hamper

to hold back

hew

to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

impoverished

poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

incessant

never stopping, going on all the time

intricate

complicated; difficult to understand

lucid

easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

posthumous

occurring or published after death

prim

overly neat, proper, or formal; prudish

sardonic

grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

superfluous

exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

supplant

to take care of, supersede

taunt

to jeer at, mock
an insulting or mocking remark

tenacious

holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

atone

expiate

bondage

servitude

credible

plausible

defray

foot the bill

diligent

assiduous

diligent

sedulous

doleful

dolorous

ghastly

grisly

hamper

impede

hew

adhere

impoverished

destitute

incessant

ceaseless

intricate

convoluted

lucid

limpid

prim

fastidious

prim

squeamish

sardonic

mordant

sardonic

acerbic

sardonic

wry

superfluous

supererogatory

supplant

oust

taunt

ridicule

tenacious

obstinate

tenacious

dogged

bondage

liberty

credible

improbable

diligent

indolent

diligent

cursory

diligent

perfunctory

doleful

blithe

doleful

blithe

doleful

jaunty

doleful

buoyant

ghastly

pleasant

hamper

facilitate

impoverished

affluent

incessant

sporadic

incessant

intermittent

intricate

simple

lucid

murky

posthumous

prenatal

prim

frumpy

sardonic

saccharine

superfluous

indispensable

taunt

acclaim

tenacious

yielding

tenacious

slack