Vocabulary Units 4-6 Review

The ____ body of the amoeba was fascinating to watch under the microscope.

• inscrutable

• amorphous

• sedulous

• affable

You seem too sophisticated to hold such ________ views.

• scurrilous

• soporific

• insular

• equitable

Travelers may find people overseas ______ in some ways but surprisingly free in other ways.

• straitlaced

• soporific

• axiomatic

• transient

The stage crew had so much trouble carrying the ______ prop that they had to call for backup help from the lighting team.

• salutary

• unwieldy

• scurrilous

• surreptitious

The charming boss often used flattery and a quick wit to ______ his workers into working overtime with no extra pay.

• disabuse

• contrive

• transgress

• cajole

Although she had missed her own prom due to illness, the young mother experienced the night ___________ through her daughter's photos.

• scurrilously

• fractiously

• vicariously

• scathingly

The struggling student seemed to possess a _________ for putting things off until the last minute.,

• aura

• fetter

• precept

• propensity

Many of the prisoners of war were granted ______ under the new regime leader.

• amnesty

• contraband

• resilience

• fetter

While it may be tempting to sign an extensive contract without reading the fine print, you must check for an _______ that may make you change your mind.

• filch

• remonstrate

• caveat

• demagogue

The shy freshman blushed when she noticed the ______ glances of her high school admirer.

• anomalous

• surreptitious

• brusque

• insurgent