9th English vocab review - units 14-17

**fight or dispute alteration altercation semblance alienation

altercation

A busy actress, Heather ____ living between her apartments in Los Angeles and New York. In order to achieve any ____ of organization, she must keep a close eye on her schedule. **simulates; semblance **alternates; semblance **dissembles; alienation **simulates; alias

**alternates; semblance

Estelle's illness ____ her visit to her daughter's opera recital. Nonetheless, she ____ some good advice about show business. **precluded; imparted **precluded: enjoined **imparted; enjoined **imparted; precluded

**precluded; imparted

**a name that is not one's true name altercation semblance alteration alias

alias

**to make hostile alienate alternate simulate dissemble

alienate

The new taxes _____ many of the mayor's most loyal supporters. **dissembled **alienated **precluded **simulated

alienated

**a change or modification alteration altercation semblance alias

alteration

When Katherine saw that snow was forecast for Saturday, she brought her dress to the tailor for some ___________. **alterations **semblance **simulations **altercations

alterations

**to go back and forth; change from one thing to another metamorphosis alternate dissemble alienate

alternate

**to casually walk; stroll regress incur amble digress

amble

Sentences from units 14-16 Deanna was suspicious of the infomercial for "Super Socks" because the ad claimed that the normal-looking footware could help people unable to walk become ______ again. Deanna called the Better Business Bureau to find out whether the patients with mobility problems got well or ____ to a worse state while wearing the socks. **recurrent; digressed **execution; digressed **consecutive; regressed **ambulatory; regressed

ambulatory; regressed

**able to walk amble surreptitious consequential ambulatory

ambulatory`

**causing the death of living organisms, especially harmful ones symbiotic antibiotic vivid revival

antibiotic

**able to be broken down naturally pernicious biodegradable noxious symbiotic

biodegradable

**following in order recurrent consequential inconsequential consecutive

consecutive

**one who carries or delivers courier executioner graduate digression

courier

**to move away from the topic at hand; ramble regress congress digress ingress

digress

The graduation speaker began with a story of hardship and achievement, but then ____ into an overemotional story of death and despair. **ambled **digressed **regressed **recessed

digressed

Unit 16 **to conceal the truth; to deceive alienate alternate simulate dissemble

dissemble

**to order to do; place a command upon incite preclude enjoin impart

enjoin

**the way something is done gradualism preamble incursion execution

execution

NASA's plan to deflect the meteor depended on the successful ____ of a complex shuttle landing on the rock's surface. **digression **courier **execution **amble

execution

**a policy which involves taking slow, measured actions preamble gradualism courier amble

gradualism

Unit 17 **to preserve in memory forever moribound immortalize morbid pernicious

immortalize

**to give away; share impart incite enjoin preclude

impart

**having no bias or favor impartial inclusive partisan indecisive

impartial

**not able to be taken away inconclusive inalienable alternate simulated

inalienable

**a cut made in order to get inside something injunction precision incision concision

incision

**containing all; not keeping any out incision indecisive inclusive inconclusive

inclusive

The college's admission policy was _____ of all races, nationalities, and genders. **conclusive **exclusive **preclusive **inclusive

inclusive

Unit 15 **providing no clear answer or solution indecisive inclusive inconclusive partisan

inconclusive

**having no effect or importance recurrent consecutive inconsequential consequential

inconsequential

With the company doing millions of dollars of business every day, the loss of a $100 customer is rather _____ to overall success. **digressive **recurrent **inconsequential **consecutive

inconsequential

**to bring about amble digress incur regress

incur

**unable to make choices indecisive imprecise impartial inconclusive

indecisive

The governor dismissed her chief of staff for being too _____ when it came to making tough choices. **impartial **indecisive **partisan **inconclusive

indecisive

**an order which legally prevents something preclusion enjoinment conjunction injunction

injunction

Ivanka ignored the court's ____ and built her rooftop garden anyway. **injunction **conjunction **rejoinder **partisanship

injunction

**the process through which an organism changes food into energy metabolism metamorphosis metaphorical alienate

metabolism

When Hilda began to gain weight, she went to the doctor to have the rate of her _____ checked. **altercation **semblance **metamorphosis **metabolism

metabolism

**change in form; transformation metabolism metamorphosis metaphorical alienate

metamorphosis

**symbolic rather than literal metabolism metamorphosis metaphorical alienate

metaphorical

**taking an unhealthy interest in unpleasant things morbid mortified moribund noxious

morbid

**in a dying or deathlike state morbid pernicious moribund mortify

moribund

**To cause extreme embarrassment to morbid mortify moribund noxious

mortify

**harmful to physical or moral health pernicious biodegradable noxious symbiotic

noxious

**believing and acting on the ideas of a political party or group indecisive inconclusive impartial partisan

partisan

Raquel refused to run for PTA president, citing her contempt for ____ politics. ** precise **indecisive **partisan **injunction

partisan

**causing damage; harmful pernicious biodegradable mortify symbiotic

pernicious

**a passage or speech which introduces another preamble incursion ingression progression

preamble

The ______ to the bank's constitution stated its mission and its history in a brief three-line paragraph. **execution **incursion **amble **preamble

preamble

**accuracy; definiteness precision incision inclusive impartial

precision

**to prevent from happening include preclude conclude exclude

preclude

unit 14 **happening repeatedly incursion superfluous consecutive recurrent

recurrent

**to go back to a less mature or less positive state regress ingress digress congress

regress

**an answer; a reply incision rejoinder precision preclusion

rejoinder

**the act or process of bringing back to life vivid vivacious revival immortalize

revival

**rough likeness of alternation altercation semblance simulation

semblance

**to mimic; imitate alienate resonate simulate stimulate

simulate

The Seaver family purchased a new home entertainment system that ____ watching movies in an actual theater. **dissembles **alienates **alternates **simulates

simulates

**mutually beneficial; supporting one another's life antibiotic symbiotic vivid revival

symbiotic

**cheerful and full of life symbiotic vivid pernicious vivacious

vivacious

**making a strong impression on the senses; clear and sharp vivid vivacious revival immortalize

vivid