Grade 9 Vocabulary Study 13

Some art critics sniffed .................... at the idea that a major museum should rent out its art.

• disdainfully

• amiably

• insidiously

• slippery

Another interesting feature is that, where the two components differ in brightness, the ............. component is often the one possessing the greater mass.

• hazer

• more promontory

• fainter

• more slippery

These were motionless at first, but soon began to flicker more brightly and to ............... slowly from side to side and then up and down.

• stalk

• steam

• drench

• sway

Sometimes the waves almost covered the rocks, and they were ................. and hard to walk on.

• moisture

• slippery

• lush

• drenched

The pain in her leg cleared the ............ of her mind, and she realized whatever was happening wasn't a dream.

• moss

• haze

• fringe

• granite

The trees on each side of the canal looked really ................., though some had a hint of early autumn russet about them.

• vegetation

• amiable

• lush

• moss

He led the horse around and they left the ............, traveling at right angles to the path the Indians had taken.

• veranda

• crevice

• fringe

• ravine

The Latin word alga seems to have been the equivalent of the English word ...................... and probably stood for any or all of the species of water plants.

• moss

• peony

• seaweed

• vegetation

Choose a peony:

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From July to November the clouds hang low on the mountains, and give ........... to the upper zone, while the climate of the lower is dry.

• moisture

• haze

• lush

• steam