Sadlier Vocabulary Level C Unit 9

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

• chafe

• apt

• dire

• disarming

What word means "in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course.

• awry

• endow

• predominant

• penal

What is the Unit 9 word that is the closest synonym to "clobber"?

• capitulate

• defile

• bludgeon

• fend

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

• capitulate

• endow

• mien

• encroach

What Unit 9 word means "to warm by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; a sore or injury caused by rubbing"?

• endow

• apt

• defile

• chafe

What Unit 9 word is the closest antonym to "purify"?

• pertinent

• defile

• mien

• capitulate

What part of speech is the word "dire"?

• Adjective

• Verb

• Noun

• Adverb

My best friend has a most __________ smile.

• mien

• predominant

• disarming

• dire

What Unit 9 word means "in bad humor, discontented, annoyed"?

• disgruntled

• dire

• bludgeon

• awry

What part of speech is the word "encroach"?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

• Verb