Vocabulary Review List 3

Sometimes an article I am reading on the bus will _______ me so much that I will pass my stop. 

• escalate
• terminate
• engross
• acclaim

When Luke was caught stealing money on the job, the company _______ (e)d his employment and brought him up on criminal charges.

• terminate
• obsolete
• exploit
• escalated

A wedding ring is a(n) _______ expression of a couple's commitment to each other. 

• methodical
• obsolete
• acclaim
• tangible

Our house is _________ to one with a high wooden fence, so our view on that side is completely blocked.

• engross
• terminate
• adjacent
• elicit

Jane is a bad-tempered child.  Even the suggestion that she come to the dinner table is enough to ________ a tantrum.

• methodical
• terminate
• elicit
• engross

The shouting match between Rose and her brother _________ (e)d until it was so loud that the neighbors complained.

• escalate
• engross
• acclaim
• exploit

If solar energy becomes as cheap and plentiful as sunshine, nuclear energy, which is expensive, may become _________.

• methodical
• acclaim
• tangible
• obsolete

Diana is very ______ when it comes to cooking. She reads the recipe carefully, gathers all the ingredients, and gets out the utensils before beginning.

• obsolete
• methodical
• terminate
• engross

Peter seems to think he deserves _________ just for showing up to school.  His teachers, however, think that's the least he can do.

• adjacent
• tangible
• adjacent
• acclaim

That supervisor knows how to _________ workers.  She makes them work overtime without extra pay.

• exploit
• elicit
• obsolete
• acclaim