StudySync Grade 9 Unit 4 Vocabulary

What does the word "crucial" mean?

• Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

• Offering little or no hope

• At the same instant

• Move ahead steadily

What is the meaning of "bleak"?

• Offering little or no hope

• Striking change in appearance or character

• Corrupt morally or by intemperance

• The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

What does "simultaneously" mean?

• At the same instant

• Move ahead steadily

• Taking advantage of favorable circumstances selfishly

• The inherent capacity for coming into being

What does "forge" mean?

• Move ahead steadily

• Striking change in appearance or character

• The use of spoken sounds for auditory communication

• Too numerous to be counted

What is the definition of "metamorphosis"?

• Striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

• The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

• Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

• Causing or able to cause nausea

What does "opportunism" mean?

• Taking advantage of favorable circumstances selfishly

• Corrupt morally or by intemperance

• The worship of objects or images as gods

• A state of deep-seated ill-will

What is the meaning of "debase"?

• Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• Attribute to a cause or source

• The journalistic use of shocking subject matter

• Not circulating or flowing

What does "impute" mean?

• Attribute to a cause or source

• The inherent capacity for coming into being

• Ask for or request earnestly

• The use of spoken sounds for auditory communication

What is the definition of "complacency"?

• The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

• The journalistic use of shocking subject matter

• Forsaken by owner or inhabitants

• Too numerous to be counted

What does "sensationalism" mean?

• The journalistic use of shocking subject matter

• Not circulating or flowing

• The use of spoken sounds for auditory communication

• Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception