Unit 1 Chapter 1-5 Vocabulary Test

Although Marilyn Monroe received great ______ from adoring fans and critics, she never received an Academy Award.

• sparse

• acclaim

• allusion

• appease

In the winter, the price of tomatoes _______ while their quality goes down.

• elicits

• appeases

• escalates

• absolves

An unhappy employee _______(e)d the company's assembly line by spilling coffee in a gear box.

• sabotage

• zeal

• innovation

• revitalize

New York's firefighters and police were the _____ of courage during the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Many of them lost their lives while attempting to save others.

• encounter

• epitome

• animosity

• innovation

A common _____________ for corpse is "remains."

• syndrome

• dilemma

• euphemism

• zeal

Our congressional representative, ________ in her opposition to pesticides, often reminds voters that pesticides kill about fourteen thousand people each year.

• elicit

• adamant

• innovation

• averse

Apparently, the chance to be President of the United States doesn't _____________ much enthusiasm from most Americans--89 percent say they wouldn't want the job.

• elicit

• adamant

• averse

• acclaim

Do you think supermarket tabloids ________ on celebrities' privacy?

• revitalize

• elicit

• sabotage

• infringe

The __________s in the debate took opposing sides on the question of outlawing cigarettes.

• allusion

• antagonist

• infringes

• appease

Today's children develop a ________ for electronic devices early. Even two-year-olds spend several hours a day in front of a TV or computer screen.

• zeal

• appease

• infringe

• sabotage