Vocabulary 4-4 and 4-5

Because of voter _______, the government was concerned about the election turnout.

• apathetic

• apathy

Full of pride, superiority, or self-importance

• arrogant

• bewilder

• negligible

• abhor

to overlook, to forgive, or to give approval to something that is wrong

• pacify

• sundry

• condone

• anguish

A feeling that something bad will happen, a sense of approaching doom

• anomaly

• foreboding

• detriment

• preeminent

By the end of the novella, it seems as if Gregor barely possesses even a(n) ____________ of humanity; he has become more like an insect than a man.

• Modicum

• Modicums

It would be a _________ of justice to put an innocent man in jail.

• travestied

• travesty

It is incredible to think that despite all of the _____________ oh his life, Zeitoun still feels a sense of belonging in New Orleans and America.

• anguish

• anguishing

Mr. McCluskey is a scrutinizing essay grader; he finds and deducts points for even the most _________ mechanical errors.

• negligibly

• negligible

His _________ views were unpopular on the military base where he worked.

• pacifist

• pacify

Since Jason is an __________ of living a healthy life, I find it quite surprising he smokes cigarettes.

• advocacy

• advocate