Vocabulary 17

In the small Latin-American country there was a large number of people who were angry. They wanted to plan a _______________, in an attempt to overthrow the current government.

• pillage

• coup

• cloister

• oust

Shmuel sat in the dirt, rarely getting anything to eat for over a year. His body became weak and feeble and he __________________ a little more everyday.

• pillaged

• embodied

• languished

• hoarded

I had to use quotation marks as I wrote what the celebrity said _________________ because that's what good journalists do.

• languish

• verbatim

• creditor

• cloister

On November 9 to November 10, 1938, in an incident known as “Kristallnacht”, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. They ______________________ homes and took whatever valuables they could find.

• hoarded

• cloistered

• pillaged

• languished

As a result of this night of violence, over 1,000 synagogues and over 7,000 Jewish businesses in Germany were destroyed. About one hundred Jews were killed, but thousands were subjected to torment and violence. Many were ___________________ from their homes and put on trains with only the clothes on their backs.

• ousted

• pillaged

• hoarded

• embodied

In an attempt to secure a permanent residence, I searched for a home in a good school district that I could afford. I needed financing for my new home and picked a reputable bank to be my ________________________.

• verbatim

• cloister

• creditor

• antecedent

In an effort to plan for the future, I started to buy extra water and food and keep it in my basement. I just wanted to be prepared just in case, so I did this for 3 years. I can barely walk through my basement now and my family is accusing me of __________________.

• languishing

• ousting

• hoarding

• pillaging

Dr. Robbins is an intelligent and curious person with an serious zeal for literature. She ___________________ all of the qualities of an amazing college professor.

• languished

• embodies

• ousts

• pillages

After his divorce and subsequent dismissal from his job, Tom decided that he needed to relax and meditate in a quiet, beautiful place. He took a train ride for three hours to a ________________ that was run by Gregorian monks.

• antecedent

• cloister

• creditor

• coup

The Model T, also known as the “Tin Lizzie,” changed the way Americans live, work and travel. Henry Ford’s revolutionary advancements in assembly-line automobile manufacturing made the Model T the first car to be affordable for a majority of Americans. It is an _________________________ of the Tesla of today.

• creditor

• antecedent

• cloister

• coup