Vocabulary Level C Unit 9

The appropriate greeting card for a particular occasion is one that expresses ___ sentiments.

• encroach

• awry

• capitulate

• apt

After running to catch the bus, I realized that my clothing was all ___.

• awry

• apt

• dire

• prodigy

Heavy-handed writers tend to ___ readers with explanations of their characters' motives.

• fend

• apt

• bludgeon

• recluse

The American colonists ___ under the many unjust laws imposed on them by King George II.

• captiulate

• chafe

• defile

• renown

When I saw that I had been outmaneuvered by my opponent, I had no choice but to ___.

• capitulate

• awry

• chafe

• endow

Those who___ a house of worship will be punished to the full extent of the law.

• defile

• penal

• predominant

• impunity

Environmentalists warn of the ___ consequences of the destruction of the world's rainforests.

• disgruntled

• defile

• dire

• disarming

My best friend has a most ___smile.

• bludgeon

• mien

• penal

• disarming

When flights are delayed because of bad weather, airline passengers may become extremely ____.

• disgruntled

• defile

• encroach

• capitulate

Where suburbs ___ on unspoiled forests or wetlands, delicate ecosystems may be disrupted.

• encroach

• apt

• endow

• pertinent