Vocabulary Review Unit 5 English 9 Question 1

Vocabulary Review Unit 5 English 9

Question 1 • It is up to us to get rid • Correct Answer: of any (latent, arbitrary) prejudices Latent that we may still unwittingly hold against members of other races and nationalities.

Question 2 • The brook (prattling, • Correct Answer: annihilating) along prattling its rocky course seemed to be conversing wordlessly with the wind murmuring in the trees.

Question 3 • I refuse to believe • Correct Answer: that our society will Succumb (reprimand, succumb) to the weaknesses which have destroyed other nations.

Question 4 • Most historians agree that military disasters during World War I were the (exodus, catalyst) that sparked the Russian Revolution of 1917. • Correct Answer: catalyst

Question 5 • For the world’s starving millions, finding enough food to keep body and soul together has become the (paramount, latent) concern in life. • Correct Answer: paramount

Question 6 • During the summer, urban “sun worshippers” begin their weekly (exodus, servitude) from the city around 3: 00 pm on Friday. • Correct Answer: exodus

Question 7 • You may think that his explanation is perfectly clear, but I find it confused and (brazen, opaque). • Correct Answer: Opaque

Question 8 • Since they are firmly based on the logic of a sentence, the rules of punctuation should not be considered purely (arbitrary, slapdash). • Correct Answer: Arbitrary

Question 9 • He has deceived me so many times that I am forced to conclude that he is simply a(n) (incorrigible, morose) liar. • Correct Answer: Incorrigible

Question 10 • With their bigger, faster, more experienced players, South High simply (succumbed, annihilated) our team, 56 to 7. • Correct Answer: annihilated

Question 11 • People who never • Correct Answer: give any assignment slapdash more than a “lick and a promise” may be said to belong to the (stagnant, slapdash) school of working.

Question 12 • On rare occasions, the U. S. Senate will (reprimand, prattle) one of its members who has violated the rules. • Correct Answer: Reprimand

Question 13 • The best way to (facilitate, rebut) the contention that something is not possible to do is to go out and do it. • Correct Answer: rebut

Question 14 • The leaden silence of the afternoon was shattered by the (opaque, brazen) voices of trumpets braying fanfares for the returning hero. • Correct Answer: brazen

Question 15 • Correct Answer: • I don’t think it is fair to call him a(n) Morose (incorrigible, morose) person just because he was depressed when you met him.

Question 16 • While his (accomplices, militants) acted as decoys, one of the youngsters attempted to filch a couple of apples form the unguarded bin. • Correct Answer: – Accomplices

Question 17 • Her excellent command of both French and Spanish should (rebut, facilitate) her efforts to get a position in the foreign service. • Correct Answer: Facilitate

Question 18 • Correct Answer: • Even people who appear to be free may servitude be in (catalyst, servitude) to their own passions and prejudices.

Question 19 • Correct Answer: • Unemployment will stay at a high level so Stagnant long as a nation’s economy remains (stagnant, paramount).

Question 20 • Correct Answer: • (Accomplices, Militants) disgusted Militants with the government’s policies took to the streets to register a vote of no confidence.