9th Grade Vocabulary Words #1-15

Question 1

____________ to what you may believe, I do shower every day!

Accepted Answer

contrary

Question 2

Nothing but time can _____________ a broken heart.

Accepted Answer

alleviate

Question 3

If you are ___________ it is important to give back!

Accepted Answer

affluent

Question 4

In order to convict a criminal, you have to have ____________ proof he or she is guilty.

Accepted Answer

tangible

Question 5

The young girl was unable to ____________ her feelings and burst into tears!

Accepted Answer

dissemble

Question 6

Getting locked in the bathroom or falling down the stairs can be very ______.

Accepted Answer

mortifying

Question 7

Spiders, haunted houses, roller coasters, and heights cause some people great ______.

Accepted Answer

trepidation

Question 8

After hours of begging, Jenn got her mom to _________ and let her go to the party.

Accepted Answer

acquiesce

Question 9

We ____________ snuck out of the house so our parents did not wake up!

Accepted Answer

surreptitiously

Question 10

The soldiers discussed possibly _____ since the last attack wiped out most their men.

Accepted Answer

capitulating

Question 11

It is __________ that students keep an organized binder and study for their vocabulary quiz!

Accepted Answer

vital

Question 12

If there was an award for being ________, Noah would win because he is always complaining!

Accepted Answer

querulous

Question 13

Because there is no evidence, we can only __________ what happened that fateful evening.

Accepted Answer

surmise

Question 14

The call the umpire made was completely ____________!

Accepted Answer

erroneous

Question 15

Many employees became extremely ______ after learning they had to work on Christmas day.

Accepted Answer

disgruntled

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