Vocabulary Quiz 12/07

For the soldiers, it was a ______ assignment; they had little to do.

• sanitary

• monotonous

• massacre

• exhibit

When you buy property, you _____ it.

• sprawl

• debate

• acquire

• massacre

A bird sanctuary is an example of a wildlife _________.

• acquire

• exhibit

• preserve

• foe

Many historians consider Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to be the greatest _____________ in public speaking this nation has produced.

• achievement

• sprawl

• exhibit

• debate

Which of these is widespread?

• an opinion held by a few friends

• a belief that the earth is flat

• an interest in fruitflies

• a disease that infects many people

Witnesses to a massacre probably feel

• horrified.

• cheerful.

• hungry.

• relaxed.

Identify yourself: Are you friend or _________ ?

• monotonous

• debate

• widespread

• foe

The town council held a(n) _________ on building a new library.

• exhibit

• debate

• achievement

• massacre

John and Richard were called into the principal's office. The latter admitted to pulling the fire alarm.

Who pulled the fire alarm?

• John

• Richard

In overcrowded refugee camps, ____________ conditions were dangerously poor. Clean water, food, and medicines were in short supply.

• monotonous

• widespread

• sanitary

• preserve