Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 9

The nuclear technician made sure he didn't make any _____ mistakes, because the consequences of these errors could be a disaster.

• grievous

• monologue

• expedient

• scuttle

The boxer would _____ a punch and when you flinched, she would come in with a sucker-jab.

• feign

• repugnant

• envoy

• grievous

It looks like you have a(n) _____ mixture of candy from Halloween, so why not trade with me so you can build up your supply of peanut butter cups?

• rasping

• incredulous

• escalating

• heterogeneous

The political unrest managed to _____ so high that people were going crazy, in my game of The Sims last night.

• flair

• inscribe

• escalate

• impel

The doctor's _____ was that I should be rid of the embarrassing rash within a week.

• auxiliary

• prognosis

• horde

• envoy

After I said I was a millionaire, she looked at my cheap sneakers from Wal-Mart and gave me a(n) _____ stare.

• prognosis

• candid

• drudgery

• incredulous

Her _____ voice sounded like she had been a smoker for years, but the scratchy sound made me shudder nonetheless.

• monologue

• repugnant

• feign

• rasping

Her workload was so enormous that she finally gave up and slipped away from the _____ at the office to get a coffee.

• scuttle

• drudgery

• horde

• prognosis

I thought I could be _____ with my girlfriend when she asked if she looked fat in those jeans, but I learned a valuable lesson to avoid answering questions like that.

• envoy

• candid

• auxiliary

• feigning

The coach was trying to _____ me to be more aggressive when guarding the opposing player.

• escalate

• scuttle

• impel

• inscribe