Unit 5B Voc Review

I wonder how many asteroids Superman could ______ with his bare hands

• pulverize

• disdain

• aghast

• assert

Deciding who is or isn't eligible for school athletic teams is not within the _______ of the student council.

• jurisdiction

• proximity

• assertion

• intrigue

One of the most _______ mysteries I have ever read involved a priest and was set in the Wild West.

• intriguing

• prodigal

• volatile

• facetious

I do not believe that people who come from poor families should be regarded as _______.

• plebeians

• apparitions

• jurisdictions

• inaudible

Government officials believe the pirate situation occurring in the high seas remains _____ and requires immediate action.

• volatile

• inaudible

• ample

• prodigal

It will take the two of us months of strict economizing to make up for this one weekend of ______ shopping.

• prodigal

• ethical

• plausible

• assertive

The _______ of the leaders' ideas on many subjects made it easy for them to work together during that critical period of our history.

• proximity

• epitaph

• ethics

• disdain

I thought that my whispers to you were ________, but I learned otherwise when the teacher told me in no uncertain terms to be quiet.

• inaudible

• prodigal

• ample

• facetious

His explanation that he is failing math because "the teacher is down on me" doesn't seem _______.

• plausible

• volatile

• ethical

• ample

My neighbor's furniture is supposed to be "original" and "colorful," but I think it is a(n) _________ collection of junk.

• indiscriminate

• facetious

• ample

• pulverized