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Grade 9 Defining Words
If a newspaper reporter writes objectively, it means she writes
  1. with passion and energy.
  2. from her point of view.
  3. by telling untruths.
  4. without emotion or her own opinion.
Grade 9 Defining Words
Colloquial means:
  1. higher in rank or position; above average; exceptional
  2. unbearable; cannot be done; cannot be endured
  3. concentrated; focused; determined; resolute; purposeful
  4. conversational; not used in formal speaking or writing; informal
Grade 9 Defining Words
Credulous
  1. alone; lonely
  2. breaks between successive sounds
  3. gullible, eager to believe
  4. resilient; having endurance
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Edify means:
  1. to reject; to renounce; to abandon; to give up
  2. to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen
  3. to banish; to exclude
  4. to search thoroughly; to look for diligently
Grade 9 Defining Words
In complete agreement
  1. unanimous
  2. inquistive
  3. artitrate
  4. verge
Grade 9 Defining Words
Circumspect means:
  1. pertaining to the sale of goods to final consumers
  2. cautious, guarded, vigilant, careful
  3. common; regular; ordinary
  4. initiated; in progress; under construction
Grade 9 Defining Words
legend
  1. a story handed down from the past
  2. a soup served in a restaurant
  3. a kind of flower
Grade 9 Defining Words
Logical or sensible
  1. discrimination
  2. compliant
  3. rational
  4. intuition
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diction
  1. a writer's reason for writing
  2. the use of a word that imitates a sound
  3. an author's choice of words and their use
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causing fear, apprehension, or dread
  1. guerilla
  2. gargoyle
  3. formidable
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Very excited or upset
  1. Ambush
  2. Stun
  3. Frantic
  4. Employ
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to be successful; prosper
  1. flourish
  2. fallacy
  3. embargo
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Act against something; to cause something to have less of an effect or no effect at all.
  1. counteract
  2. contrary
  3. counterfeit
  4. counterpart
Grade 9 Defining Words
mammal
  1. a fish that lives in the ocean that lays eggs
  2. a cold blooded animal with scales that lays eggs
  3. a warm blooded animal with fur that gives birth to live young
Grade 9 Defining Words
Fetter means:
  1. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; undress
  2. bear the expenses of
  3. make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
  4. chain; shackle
Grade 9 Defining Words
An immaculate room would be dusty and cluttered.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Defining Words
Undermine
  1. Loath
  2. weaken
  3. overstate
Grade 9 Defining Words
What is the definition of exigent?
  1. the setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness
  2. requiring immediate aid or action
  3. low-priced, inexpensive, cheap
  4. facile, easily mastered, adept
Grade 9 Defining Words
To stretch out, make or last longer.
  1. Employ
  2. Dread
  3. Extend
  4. Frantic
Grade 9 Defining Words
Which of the following is considered a predator?
  1. hamster
  2. gold fish
  3. deer
  4. eagle
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