Vocab Quiz #7-8, Version 1

Due to heavy poaching, there is now a(n)……….of elephants; they could go extinct in your lifetime!

• dearth

• harbinger

• pariah

• euphemism

• pinnacle

The non-profit Human Rights Watch……….human rights abuses in Iran because they feel that all humans are entitled to dignity and freedom.

• decried

• condoned

• desecrated

• hackneyed

When the public learned that the town’s mayor had been embezzling money, they……….called his office.

• nebulously

• mundanely

• irately

• placidly

• urbanely

The……….protester was eventually removed so that there would be no further interruptions to the keynote speech.

• urbane

• stealthy

• spurious

• imperative

• vociferous

ISIS is known to……….ancient monuments as a way to erase all of the history that came before them, giving them ‘power.’

• decry

• desecrate

• condone

• refute

• urbane

If you want to keep yourself safe from harm during a car accident, it is……….that you wear your seat belt.

• placid

• spurious

• imperative

• vociferous

• hackneyed

Although Kim enjoys exotic vacations, she also takes pleasure in more……….activities, such as reading, cooking, and gardening.

• recalcitrant

• squalid

• urbane

• vociferous

• mundane

Dystopian teen fiction has become………., repeating the plot lines found in The Hunger Games and Divergent, instead of offering unique adventures.

• hackneyed

• euphemistic

• imperative

• nebulous

• squalid

Although Sheila did nothing wrong, ……….rumors begin to circulate about her killing her husband for his life insurance money just because he died under mysterious circumstances.

• stealthy

• recalcitrant

• vociferous

• spurious

• placid

The……….prisoner had to be tazed by the prison guard after he violently refused the orders given to him.

• spurious

• urbane

• recalcitrant

• vociferous

• placid