Unit 1 vocab 2 grade 9

Question 1

The first time Joe drove on the highway, he was scared, but on SUBSEQUENT trips he was fine.

Accepted Answer

following

Question 2

The dog attacked his food with such ZEAL that I thought he hadn't eaten for a week.

Accepted Answer

passion

Question 3

A store manager faced a DILEMMA: having a needy man arrested or ignoring rules on shoplifting.

Accepted Answer

A. a hard choice

Question 4

When Bonita gained a pound during her diet, it so DEMORALIZED her that she ate a banana split.

Accepted Answer

B. to discourage

Question 5

The fast-food manager trained staff to give polite, full answers to patrons, not CURT replies.

Accepted Answer

rudely brief

Question 6

A fired programmer SABOTAGED the company network by infecting it with a virus.

Accepted Answer

to do harm to

Question 7

If Kate got angry occasionally, I could take her more seriously, but she's IRATE often.

Accepted Answer

C. furious

Question 8

"What do you want?" the young woman asked Dracula. "Only to drink your charms," he RETORTED.

Accepted Answer

B. to reply

Question 9

That two-year-old has some irritating habits, such as her INCLINATION to say "no" to everything

Accepted Answer

A. preference

Question 10

I'm a little WARY of people who, when they first meet me, treat me as if I'm their best friend.

Accepted Answer

careful

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