Vocab. Enduring Skills 3 &4

The attorneys were now certain they could not win the case because the ruling had proved to be so detrimental to their argument.

• decisive

• harmful

• worthless

• advantageous

My brother drives us crazy by crooning in the shower.

• hooting

• bellowing

• crying

• shouting

The emotional fallout from a natural disaster can adversely affect the residents in a community for years.

• conflict

• issues

• relationship

• consequences

The air in the rainforest was humid, making the heat seem even more smothering than before.

• hot

• damp

• hazy

• volatile

The balloon, loose from its string, rose up into the sky, a shiny purple sphere.

• circle

• globe

• ovoid

• nodule

The thief jostled me in a crowd and was thus able to pick my pocket.

• mugged

• bumped

• assailed

• hindered

Answer questions based on this paragraph:

Most of the women in the orchestra wore conventional black skirts and white shirts during concerts and had their hair neatly pulled back. Robin, with her brightly colored clothing and unusual hairstyles, was considered quite eccentric.

• unconventional

• joyful

• unreliable

• proud

Answer question based on this paragraph:

In prolonged space flight, besides the obvious hazards of meteors, rocky debris, and radiation, astronauts will have to deal with muscle atrophy brought on by weightlessness; therefore, when they return to Earth, they face a protracted period of weight-training to rebuild their strength.

What is the most likely meaning of the underlined word debris as it is used in this passage?

• fragments

• decay

• bacteria

• alien life

Answer question based on this paragraph:

In prolonged space flight, besides the obvious hazards of meteors, rocky debris, and radiation, astronauts will have to deal with muscle atrophy brought on by weightlessness; therefore, when they return to Earth, they face a protracted period of weight-training to rebuild their strength.

What is the most likely meaning of the underlined word debris as it is used in this passage?

• fragments

• decay

• bacteria

• alien life

Answer question based on this paragraph:

The Sami are an indigenous people living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia's Kola peninsula. Originally, the Sami religion was animistic; that is, for them, nature and natural objects had a conscious life, a spirit. Therefore, one was expected to move quietly in the wilderness and avoid making a disturbance out of courtesy to these spirits. Ghengis Khan is said to have declared that Sami were one people he would never fight again. Because the Sami were not warriors and did not believe in war, they simply disappeared in times of conflict. They were known as "peaceful retreaters."

Based on the tone of the passage, which of the following words best describes the author's attitude toward the Sami people?

• admiring

• pitying

• contemptuous

• patronizing