Unit 10 Vocab Quiz Review

The warmth of the June sun made me feel so ________ that I scarcely had the energy to brush away the flies.

• exploited

• erroneous

• languid

• mired

Since it had rained all night, the newly-plowed field were now an impassable ___________.

• mire

• slipshod

• languid

• preamble

The ___________ but powerful halfback from Syracuse was one of the lightest men ever to play professional football.

• extemporaneous

• aspire

• languid

• diminutive

The honoree's after-dinner speech was so polished and sure that we never guessed that it was ___________.

• extemporaneous

• adept

• rugged

• despicable

To improve their standard of living, the people of an underdeveloped country must learn to _________ the resources of their land.

• adept

• chide

• exploit

• render

How can you __________ to work in the space program when you haven't been able to pass your science and math courses?

• chide

• impair

• adept

• aspire

I understand math very well, but, according to my teacher, my performance in class is, at best, _____________.

• bleak

• slipshod

• rugged

• erroneous

The master silversmith was extraordinarily _________ in the use of simple hand tools.

• adept

• invincible

• despicable

• diminutive

Why do you take it on yourself to ___________ me whenever I say or do anything even slightly out of line?

• impair

• aspire

• slipshod

• chide

Marching over the ___________ terrain under a broiling sun, we were soon on the verge of exhaustion.

• bleak

• rugged

• impaired

• erroneous