Test on Vocab #1-8, Version 1

When a child is ..............., the police broadcast an “amber alert” (often a description of the kidnapper’s vehicle) to local cell phones, radio stations, TV stations, and roadside emergency signs.

• inveigled

• ameliorated

• ostracized

• abducted

• maligned

Doctors Without Borders is respected for its ............... work providing emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, natural disasters, and epidemics in less fortunate countries.

• euphemistic

• placid

• altruistic

• callow

• urbane

The medieval sword is ............... in modern warfare.

• anachronistic

• prodigious

• paltry

• hackneyed

• ubiquitous

The chaos of .............. meant a complete breakdown in transportation, sanitation, and public safety.

• altruism

• equanimity

• anarchy

• enmity

• travails

Robert had nothing but ............. for his brother, who went inside Robert’s house during a family barbeque and stole money out of the desk.

• stealth

• antipathy

• diffidence

• avarice

• levity

Danny stretched his legs and filled up his water bottle to prepare for a(n) ................ marathon through Boston.

• mundane

• heinous

• vapid

• blithe

• arduous

Financially struggling Americans have grown resentful of the perceived ................. of wealthy Wall Street bankers and executives.

• urbanity

• altruism

• tractability

• avarice

• nepotism

When Sally is not selling insurance, she happily dabbles in her minor .................. of knitting scarves and mittens, which she sells on Etsy.

• altruism

• pinnacle

• travail

• avocation

• sinecure

Everyone flocked to Betty Gallagher's funeral to pay their respects to a teacher who was loved for her............and cheerful spirit.

• posthumous

• blithe

• meticulous

• taciturn

• callow

After a few minutes speaking with the fortune teller, I became convinced that she was merely a(n) ................. out to get my money.

• euphemism

• charlatan

• pariah

• anachronism

• rustic