New English 9 Unit 7

to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one;s own; to adapt fully

The government appointed a member to serve in the _____ until someone else is elected.

I know you are excited to have that dress but the price is _________.

angry and bad-tempered; rude

His talk (maligned, meandered) aimlessly through memories of his youth.

We can all agree that Elizabethan drama reached its (apex, metropolis) in the matchless plays of Shakespeare.

to speak evil of, slander; evil

It takes long hours of study to ______ all of the information.

The notorious jewel thief never got caught due to ______ identities.

Churchill said that if a nation avoids everything that is (shoddy, perilous), it will weaken it.

Our teacher will not tolerate ____ behavior in the classroom.

of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship

an idle wanderer, tramp;wandering aimlessly

the time between; temporary, coming between two points in time

false, counterfeit

noisy; unruly, disorderly

I feel that a symphony orchestra is just as important to a (vagrant, metropolis) as a big department store.

to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

The senator departed from his prepared remarks to deliver a _________ attacking the administrators.

unreasonably high; excessive