Unit 2 Vocabulary

The proud parents and their_____ children posed for a family portrait.

Students who have an ______ attendance record may find themselves disciplined by the principal.

The balloons, toys, and treats offered by the vendors at the street fair ____ the child looking out from her window

• tantalize

• alien

• comely

• fodder

From her _____ response to my message, I knew she had only a brief moment to check her email before boarding the train.

• subjugate

• mediocre

• terse

• jeer

For centuries people have turned to the support of their friends and family to _____ themselves against the shocks of daily life.

• tantalize

• fortify

• comely

• jeer

Many people find that they can turn a favorite hobby into a highly ______ business.

(lucretive, lucritive, lucrative)

What topic would you be most interested in reading about?

• sports

• animals

• Shakespeare

• crime

Invasion was but a _____, executed by an army too weak to do much harm.

• sully

• unflinching

• dissolute

• feint

His laugh was little more than an _____ of air.

(exspulsion, expulshon, expulsion)

They do not want the slightest cloud of suspicion to ____ that pristine position.

(sully, sulley, sullie)