Unit Three and Four Vocabulary Test

The supervisor knew that loud music would hamper the typists' ability to get their work done.

• encourage

• limit

• improve

• control

Our ambassador has worked hard to achieve a cessation of hostilities between our two countries.

• understanding

• halt

• discussion

• reduction

Ramona's plan to make the honor roll was thwarted when she got a C in basket weaving.

• blocked

• hinted at

• begun

• imagined

"You'd better stop procrastinating and start studying!" Terry warned her friend.

• saving

• playing

• delaying

• performing

When I turned on the light, an enormous spider scuttled behind the toaster.

• nibbled

• hurried

• made a web

• sneaked

Playing positions on both the baseball and lacrosse teams will preclude my joining the musical.

• improve

• slow down

• happen before

• prevent

The chairman allowed the members to chat for ten minutes before the meeting _____________________.

• obstructed

• foresaw

• commenced

• deterred

Physics is a challenging subject, but don't let that _______________ you from taking it next year.

• envision

• deter

• procrastinate

• gape

"Go lie down in a dark, quiet room until your headache _______________," Dad advised.

• hampers

• gapes

• subsides

• scuttles

Dr. Foster performed emergency surgery to remove the _____________ from her patient's artery.

• myopia

• obstruction

• hamper

• cessation