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3. Manufacturers are donating computers to schools.
(A) giving
(B) going
(C) dedicating
(D) deducting
4. I am not ingenious enough to invent a video game.
(A) studious
(B) clever
(C) glorious
(D) indigenous
5. Currently, students appear to be learning and having fun simultaneously.
(A) electrically
(B) concurrently
(C) sometimes
(D) at the present time
6. It is said that you can intimidate your enemies by speaking in a low voice
and carrying a big stick.
(A) frighten
(B) attack
(C) harass
(D) make peace with
7. Avid opera lovers are willing to stand in line for hours.
(A) musical
(B) averse
(C) eager
(D) tedious
8. Einstein was a brilliant mathematician.

(A) hidden
(B) multiple
(C) many-sided
(D) very small
14. Studying vocabulary can be an irksome task.
(A) easy
(B) pleasant
(C) tedious
(D) irate
15. The tennis player protested the call with great fervor.
(A) passion
(B) favor
(C) fever
(D) dislike
Vocabulary Builder 9 Answers
1. The correct answer is (A).
2. The correct answer is (C).
3. The correct answer is (A).
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4. The correct answer is (B).
5. The correct answer is (D).
6. The correct answer is (A).
7. The correct answer is (C).
8. The correct answer is (B).
9. The correct answer is (D).
10. The correct answer is (C).

(A) mixed
(B) moved
(C) stayed
(D) resided
5. It would be grievous to her to live without her maid.
(A) pleasant
(B) grateful
(C) painful
(D) tearful
6. The expensive purse was a necessary appendage to Arabella.
(A) something added
(B) application
(C) dependent
(D) servant
7. He never betrayed himself to anyone but the butler.
(A) made known
(B) fooled
(C) bewildered
(D) bestowed
8. She was graceful and never moved awkwardly.
(A) smoothly
(B) clumsily
(C) merrily
(D) gracefully
9. She prided herself on her graceful walk.
(A) was proud
(B) was pricked
(C) was happy
(D) was sorry
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