Sadlier-Oxford Level D Unit 6

Question 1

To help ___ the expenses for our senior class trip to Washington, I worked as a baby-sitter.

Accepted Answer

defray

Question 2

He is a rather_sort of man whose sensibilities are easily shocked by the poor conduct of others

Accepted Answer

prim

Question 3

Bloodhounds may be happy dogs, but they have the__look of pets who have lost their best friend.

Accepted Answer

doleful

Question 4

"Their heroic deeds speak for themselves," said the President, "further comment would be ___."

Accepted Answer

superfluous

Question 5

The president awarded ___ Medals of Honor to soldiers who had recently fallen in battle.

Accepted Answer

posthumous

Question 6

Saying "I'm sorry" is a good way to begin to ___ for the harm you have done to another person.

Accepted Answer

atone

Question 7

Although the survivors were still in shock, some were___enough to answer the police's questions

Accepted Answer

lucid

Question 8

I shall never forget the ___ sight, when we came upon the scene of the accident.

Accepted Answer

ghastly

Question 9

Lincoln said: "Familiarize yourself w/ the chains of___ & prepare your own limbs to wear them."

Accepted Answer

bondage

Question 10

A student whose study habits are__& systemic often does better than 1 who is brilliant but lazy

Accepted Answer

diligent

Question 11

Someone with such a ___ grip on life doesn't give up the ghost easily.

Accepted Answer

tenacious

Question 12

He will say anything to save his own skin, but in this case his account of the incident seems__

Accepted Answer

credible

Question 13

Our team would be better if we mastered a few simple plays, instead of all those__formations.

Accepted Answer

intricate

Question 14

Native Americans used stone implements to ___ canoes out of logs and tree trunks.

Accepted Answer

hew

Question 15

The wiley old senator derived some ___ amusement from watching his enemies turn on one another.

Accepted Answer

sardonic

Question 16

A noble woman of strong character, she endured the jibes and___of her adversaries with patience

Accepted Answer

taunts

Question 17

Piles of snow that cover the roads will greatly ___ the efforts of the rescue team.

Accepted Answer

hamper

Question 18

Since my home is in the city, I have had to get used to the ___ hum of traffic outside.

Accepted Answer

incessant

Question 19

During World War II, artificial rubber began to ___natural rubber in American automobile tires.

Accepted Answer

supplant

Question 20

The 1929 stock market crash made many wealthy speculators as ___ as proverbial church mice.

Accepted Answer

impoverished

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