Vocabulary 23

When her son climbed up a tree to play with a sick squirrel on the way to church, Christina was so afraid that she _______________ him.

• chided

• feigned

• supplanted

• quandary

When Germany lost the war, the Nazi's presented the people of Germany with a ______________________ and the Jewish people of Europe became enemy number one.

• quandary

• debacle

• spur

• scapegoat

Anna was attracted to Josh but she knew that Kenny would make a better husband and father, it was quite a ______________.

• scapegoat

• quandary

• optiimum

• spur

A man that Rhianna met was very aggressive, flirting and calling her all of the time. She wasn't interested in going out with him and ____________________ his advances.

• chided

• feigned

• spurned

• supplanted

After his uncle died, the funeral and the wake and all of the talk of death were a _______________ on his spirit.

• optimum

• damper

• supplant

• spur

The party was not a success. Most of the guests didn't show up because of the rain. It was a real ________________.

• quandary

• debacle

• scapegoat

• spur

The steel workers sometimes _____________________ sickness so they don't have to go to factory.

• spur

• spurn

• feign

• chide

When the coach spoke to the team before the game, she did her best to ________________ the team on to the championships.

• damper

• spur

• chide

• supplant

The ________________ time to take a test is when you are well rested, relaxed and have eaten breakfast.

• spur

• damper

• optimum

• quandary

When I have training and can't come to work I have to get a substitute teacher to _________________________ me for the day.

• spurn

• supplant

• damper

• chide