9th Grade Honors English Quarter 3 Napoli EHS

**Abhor (Verb)**

**To regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply**

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**A pacifist is someone who __________ violence in all forms.**

**Amend (Verb)**

**To change in a formal way; to change for the better**

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**If you are not doing well in a particular subject, you may want to ________ your way of studying it.**

**Buffet (Verb)**

**To slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one’s way with difficulty**

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**Blinding snowstorms ___________ the barren landmass of Antarctica for months on end.**

**Chaos (Noun)**

**Great confusion; disorder**

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**A great many people lost their fortunes and even their lives in the __________ brought on by the French Revolution.**

**Commodious (Adjective)**

**Roomy; spacious**

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**No one would expect a tiny studio apartment to have particularly _________ closets.** 

**Corrosive (Adjective)**

**Eating away gradually; acid-like; bitterly sarcastic**

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**Sulfuric acid is one of the most _________ substances known to chemistry.** 

**Discern (Verb)**

**To see clearly; recognize**

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**It is a jury’s job to __________ the truth by carefully evaluating all the evidence presented at the trial.**

**Extant (Adjective)**

**Still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost**

**The paintings of animals and human hands in Spain’s Altamira caves are among the oldest _________ species of Stone Age art.**

**Implicate (Verb)** 

**To involve in; to connect with or be related to** 

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**The suspects never stood trial because there was no solid evidence to ______ them in the daring series of robberies.** 

**Inter (Verb)** 

**To bury; to commit to the earth**

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**Jewels and other objects once ________ with Egypt’s pharaohs can now be seen in numerous museums all over the world.** 

**Martinet (Noun)**

**A strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules**

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**When it came to drilling troops, the Revolutionary War general Baron Friedrich von Steuben was something of a ________.**

**Obviate (Verb)**

**To anticipate and prevent; to remove; dispose of**

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**Vaccinations can do much to ______ the dangers of childhood illnesses.**

**Renegade (Noun)**

**One who leaves a group; a deserter; outlaw**

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**Many a writer has been labeled a _______ for refusing to conform to society’s conventions.** 

**Reprehensible (Adjective)**

**Deserving blame or punishment**

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**Stalin eliminated many potential rivals by accusing them of all sorts of _____________ acts that they did not commit.** 

**Somber (Adjective)**

**Dark; gloomy; Depressed in spirit**

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**The atmosphere in the locker room of the losing team could best be described as ___________.**  

**Squalid (Adjective)**

**Filthy; wretched; debased**

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**Many laws prohibit the types of ________ working conditions found in sweatshops.** 

**Turbulent (Adjective)**

**Disorderly; riotous; violent; stormy**

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**Letters and diary entries may reveal a person’s lifelong struggle to gain some control over ______ emotions.**

**Vociferous (Adjective)**

**Loud and noisy; compelling attention**

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**Relief agencies regularly make _________ appeals for aid for victims of war, terrorism and natural disasters.**

**Voluminous (Adjective)**

**Of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length**

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**The task of summarizing the _______ reports issued by government agencies may fall to members of a legislator’s staff.** 

**Waive (Verb)**

**To do without; to give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily**

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**The senator agreed to ________ opposition to the proposed bill if some of its more controversial provisions were substantially modified.** 

**Animosity (Noun)** 

**Strong dislike; bitter hostility**

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**The deep _________ between the Montagues and Capulets could not prevent Romeo and Juliet from falling in love.** 

**Apathy (Noun)**

**A lack of feeling, emotion or interest**

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**I was horrified when the sales force greeted my great idea for an ad campaign with total ____________.**

**Apprehensive (Adjective)**

**Fearful or anxious, especially about the future**

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**As the hurricane approached, __________ residents all along the coast prepared for the worst.** 

**Commend (Verb)**

**To praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of** 

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**The mayor __________ the young people for their volunteer work at a local hospitals and soup kitchens.** 

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Compatible (Adjective)

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**Able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system**

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**Eyewitness accounts of an accident rarely are totally ______________.**

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**Condolence (Noun)**

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**An expression of sympathy**

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**A few well-chosen words of ___________ can be a great comfort to someone who has lost a loved one.**

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**Decrepit (Adjective)** 

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**Old and Feeble; worn-out, ruined**

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**“I may be aging,” the famous movie star replied, “but I am hardly _________.”** 

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**Deride (Verb)**

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**To ridicule, laugh at with contempt** 

**Most people find jokes that ________ somebody’s national origin or social background extremely offensive.**

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**Multifarious (Adjective)**

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**Having great variety; numerous and diverse**

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**Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks reveal that he was a man of ___________ interests.** 

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**Obsolete (Adjective)**

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**Out-of-date; no longer in use**

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**In order to remain competitive, manufacturing companies periodically replace _________ machinery.** 

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**Omnivorous (Adjective)**

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**Eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes**

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**An ____________ animal has a greater chance of survival than one that depends on a single food source.**

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**Parsimonious (Adjective)** 

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**Stingy; miserly; meager, poor, small**

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**Many people who lost money in the Great Depression later adhered to a _________ lifestyle, even during more prosperous times.** 

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**Quandary (Noun)**

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**A state of perplexity or doubt**

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**Try as I might, I could see no way out of the ethical ____________ in which I found myself.** 

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**Recalcitrant (Adjective)**

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**Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority**

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**A ___________ individual may have great difficulty adjusting to a job that requires a good deal of teamwork.** 

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**Reprisal (Noun)** 

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**An injury done in return for injury**

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**The Highland clans of Scotland engaged in cattle rustling in _________ for real or imagined injuries.** 

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**Revel (Verb)** 

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**To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration**

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**Some movie stars do not _____________ in the attention that their fans and media pay them.**

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**Stultify (Verb)** 

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**To make ineffective or useless; cripple; to have a dulling effect on**

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**Oppressive heat may ________ the mind and spirit as well as the body.**

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**Suave (Adjective)** 

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**Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses** 

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**Nick Charles, the clever detective in the** ***Thin Man*** **movies, is a sophisticated man-about-town.** 

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**Allocate (Verb)**

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**To set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute**

 

**In their wills many people _________ a portion of their wealth to favorite charities or educational institutions.** 

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**Ardent (Adjective)**

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**Very enthusiastic, impassioned**

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**The members of the winning team acknowledged the cheers of their _________ fans.**