Sophomore Vocab Unit 9 Quest

The teacher decided to _____ a corner of the class room for an exhibition of student science projects.

• exult

• deviate

• allocate

• omnipotent

When he told me he was reading Huckelberry Fin for the ninth time, I realized that he was indeed a(n) _____ admirer of the novel.

• ardent

• gnarled

• brash

• spontaneous

If you were as _____ in studying foreign affairs as you are in memorizing batting averages, you would have known how to reply to her comments on the situation in the Middle East.

• copious

• inkling

• poignant

• assiduous

Wasn't it rather _____ of you to offer the soccer coach advice on your very first day as a candidate for the team?

• capricious

• palatable

• brash

• spontaneous

Far from being _____ the casting director's casting choices were based on a solid appreciation of each actor's abilities and limitations.

• ardent

• capricious

• exult

• omnipotent

Mom mom will _____ the me, but my sister seems to get away with everything.

• allocate

• indemnity

• chastise

• exult

Friends and relatives can be counted on to give _____ amounts of advice on child rearing to the parents and the new baby.

• copious

• brash

• limited

• gnarled

If you wish to recover quickly , you must not ______ in the slightest from the doctor's instructions.

• rancor

• allocate

• sophomoric

• deviate

Remembering my old friend as a robust 200-pounder, I was shocked to see how _____ he had become during his long illness.

• gnarled

• emaciated

• poignant

• assidious

General Grant accepted Lee's surrender with quiet dignity, refusing to _____ over the defeat of a worthy foe.

• allocate

• exult

• palatable

• poignant