Vocabulary Level A Unit 11

There is old saying that nothing is really __________ except death and taxes.

• extinct
• inevitable
• dogged

We were completely  _________________
when we saw the immense damage that the tornado had done in such a short time.

• dumbfounded
• meteoric
• inevitable

As the buffalo began to decrease sharply in numbers, conservationists feared that it might become totally ______________.

• extinct
• fossil
• distorted

Whenever our team needs a few yards to make the first touchdown, we call on our big, ________
fullback. 

• dumbfounded
• vandalism
• burly

The trade ship stopped at the nearest port to __________________the water supply.

• rummage
• rend
• replenish

If you want to improve your math score, you should not ____________ so often on your homework. 

• rummage
• skimp
• prevail

The con artist used so many ______________
over the course of his criminal career that he sometimes forgot his real name. 

• distorted
• sleuths
• alias

We saw a bolt of lightning ____________
the huge limb from the mighty  oak tree.

• burly
• grit 
• rend

We greatly admired the  _____________ determination of the detective  who  found new evidence  in the five year old case. 

• dumbfounded
• extinct
• dogged

After the furious ride over the countryside,  we allowed the horse to ____________ back to the barn. 

• amble
• rend
• grit