English 9 Vocabulary Level D Unit 4 Choosing the Right Word
How can you accuse me of (absconding, reviling) with all your brilliant ideas when you have never had an original thought in your life?
absconding
Far from being useless, mathematics will give you (reprieve, access) to many fields of scientific study.
access
To (access, disentangle) the large safe we will need the five-digit combination to the lock.
access
There is a vast difference between democracy, under which everyone has duties and privileges, and (larceny, anarchy) under which no one has.
anarchy
For most retired athletes, the comeback trail is an (arduous, inanimate) one, and few ever get to the end of it.
arduous
His broad education gave him a(n) (auspicious, fated) view of cultures different from his own.
auspicious
Spring, with its ever-renewing promise of life, is for me the most (arduous, auspicious) of seasons.
auspicious
Though the dangers and uncertainties of a westward passage to the Orient cowed many a brave sailor, they did not (rectify, daunt) Columbus.
daunt
Like farmers separating the wheat from the chaff, the members of a jury must (disentangle, daunt) the truth from the evidence presented to them.
disentangle
Although the hero and the heroine were parted by circumstance, I knew that they were (intrepid, fated) to meet again before the last commercial.
fated
Although she looks young and inexperienced, it is not easy to (hoodwink, rectify) her, since she is a private detective by profession.
hoodwink
The voters may seem unaware of the underlying issues, but in the long run they cannot be (disentangled, hoodwinked) by self-serving politicians.
hoodwinked
A great playwright's characters always seem to come alive; those of a third-rate hack stubbornly remain (pliant, inanimate).
inanimate
When her eyes suddenly blazed with such fury, I felt that the heat of her glance would all but (disentangle, incinerate) me.
incinerate
Despite the threats made against his life, the (arduous, intrepid) district attorney was able to obtain a conviction of the corrupt official.
intrepid
Anyone who takes the writings of other people and presents them as his or her own is guilty of literary (larceny, anarchy)
larceny
We should begin studying foreign languages at an early age because it is during those years that our minds are most (pompous, pliant) and receptive.
pliant
His speech and manners were so (auspicious, pompous) and stiff that he cut a somewhat ridiculous figure at our informal little get-together.
pompous
My uncle can be so (pompous, intrepid) when he lectures me about politics.
pompous
The general feared that the latest attacks on the city would push the situation over the (precipice, access), leading directly to a full-blown war.
precipice
At the design firm, the most well-received (reprieves, prototypes) for the new line of evening gowns were the ones made from a new silk blend.
prototypes
The team of accountants spent hours trying to locate and then to (rectify, prototype) the error I had so carelessly made.
rectify
I was not completely surprised when my aunt decided to (daunt, reprieve) her decision to let me borrow her car next weekend.
reprieve
Only by admitting your fault and trying to make up for it can you obtain a(n) (reprieve, access) from the pangs of conscience.
reprieve
Instead of recognizing that he caused his own troubles, he continues to (revile, hoodwink) all the people who were "unfair" to him.
revile
