H. ELA vocab quiz finale 2019

Fill in the blank.

The company requires a signed _______________ on file for the individual to be able to compete in the Tough Mudder competition that involves electric shocks

• suppress

• allude

• waiver

I trust you will never have the experience of trying to cross the desert with a(n) ___camel that wants to remain where it is.

• recalcitrant

• stultified

• reluctant

• apathetic

If we increase our tariff rates on the foods of other countries, we can be sure that they will raise their own rates in _____________.

• quandry
• reprisal
• apathy
• condolence

 In totalitarian regimes, censorship and violence are often employed to suppress critics and _____________ dissent.

• commend
• deride
• stultify
• revel

 Throughout the long, hot drive, we _____________ in the thought that soon we would be swimming in the cool mountain lake.

• reveling
• reveled
• to revel
• revelling

So there I was, having accepted invitations to two different parties on the same evening. What a(n) _______________ to be in!

• condolence

• apprehensive

• reprisal

• quandary

 Struggling to overcome his _____________ inclinations, he finally reached into his pocket and handed me a nickel!

• frugal
• parsimonious
• cheap
• all of the above

 With all his growling and snapping, you would think our beagle felt a personal _____________ toward every dog on the block. 

• animosity
• animocity
• apathy
• apothy

The government must decide how to _________ federal resources

• Allocate

• garrulous

• misconstrue

• assent

Particularly intriguing and effective or relevant; evoking emotion

• poignant

• daunting

• ascent

• demeanor