1. Unit 1 Grade 9

2. Abashed
Adjective
Embarrassed or humiliated
Synonym: embarrassed

3. Abash
Meredith felt abashed by her inability to remember her lines in the school chorus of “Old McDonald had a Farm.”

4. Ambience
Noun
Atmosphere, mood, or feeling
Synonym: environment

5. Ambience
By decorating their house with plastic beach balls and Popsicle sticks, the Cramers created a playful ambience that delighted the young children.

6. Astute Adj. Excellent judge of something; keenly perceptive
Synonym: clever

7. Astute
The astute businessman went from rags to riches with one great idea.

8. Capitulate
Verb
To surrender unconditionally
Synonym: to give up/in

9. Capitulate
On the twentieth day of the strike, the workers capitulated and went back to work without a contract.

10. Concise
Adjective
Brief, short, to the point
Synonym: brief

11. Concise
The scientist’s explanation was concise; it was brief and it helped us understand the difficult concept.

12. Decadent Adjective Decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals
Synonym: really bad

13. Decadent
Robbing banks instead of going to school is decadent behavior.

14. Duplicity Noun Speaking or acting in two different ways; hypocrisy
Synonym: trickery

15. Duplicity
Liars engage in duplicity all the time; they say one thing and do another.

16. Extrapolate
Verb
To infer an unknown from something that is already known
Synonym: to guess

17. Extrapolate
Eric came up with a probably recipe by extrapolating from the taste of the cookies he had eaten at the store.

18. Hegemony
Noun
Leadership or influence by one nation over another; leadership
Synonym: dominance

19. Hegemony
Japan and Germany vie for hegemony in the foreign-car market.

20. Injunction Noun A command or order, especially a court order
Synonym: an order

21. Injunction
Ignoring the court’s injunction to refrain from driving, Jamie was pulled over half a block from his house by a police officer.

22. Magnate Noun A person of great influence or importance
Synonym: a powerful person

23. Magnate
Though considered a magnate in the business field, the CEO still graciously hosts meetings with those trying to break into the industry.

24. Noxious Adjective Harmful or injurious to one’s health
Synonym: dangerous

25. Noxious
The tenants ran out of the apartment building when one of them smelled noxious fumes coming from the basement.

26. Perjury
Noun
An lie told under oath
Synonym: falsehood

27. Perjury
The witness was arrested following his testimony when it was proven that he was guilty of perjury.

28. Prosaic
Adjective
Commonplace or dull
Synonym: unimaginative

29. Prosaic
Julie was shocked when Allen told her that his book was going to be published; she had found his work to be prosaic and boring.

30. Sacrosanct
Adjective
Extremely sacred
Synonym: highly regarded

31. Sacrosanct
Danny considered his office to be sacrosanct, and he got very angry when one of his children entered and touched the things on his desk.