Week 28 Vocabulary Quiz

To be safe, Audrey and Althea always went swimming together. They knew that swimming alone was too much of a(n) ________________________________________.

• hazard

• alternative

• reputation

We don't know for sure, but we can_________________ that the wind knocked the old oak tree down.

• segregate

• speculate

• recede

William knew elephants were big from the pictures she'd seen, but in person the elephant seemed _________________________.

• eerie

• vigilant

• imposing

Perched on the highest branch of a tall tree, the bird's nest looked ____________________________________________________________.

• precarious

• dazed

• uniform

"I've tried to get my dog to obey," says Nico, "but he always_____________ my commands."

• safeguards

• integrates

• defies

In the blink of an eye, the gymnast did three cartwheels and flipped backwards off of the balance beam. No one in the audience had ever seen such an impressive _________________________.

• feat

• reputation

• misfortune

The diver bounced twice on the diving board and then_________ more than 30 feet into the pool below.

• envisioned

• merited

• plunged

On the mountain road, the fog was so _______________________ that we could only see a few feet ahead of us.

• vigilant

• dense

• desperate