Review of Vocabulary Quiz 5

Ed could not get of his ___ when he saw his grades on his progress report

• foist

• consternation

• coterie

In a ___ to the novel, the author writes of his motivation to include the stated theme.

• preamble

• innoucus

• plethora

The museum director has a ____ that categories ancient statues.

• disconcerted

• anomaly

• compendium

The spider is ____, so it isn't going to bother you if you don't bother it.

• innocuous

• expiate

• comprise

Private 1st Class Miller quickly departed from his usual ___ when his commanding officer came into the room.

• flippancy

• eidetic

• incongruous

Ben saw that the theory ____ his students, so he decided to play a bit of background music to lift their mood.

• consternation

• comprises

• disconcerted

The ___ in the clouds turned out to be an air balloon.

• anomaly

• expiate

• vitriolic

To gain membership in the ___ of artists, applicants have to be in the top 3% of their portfolios.

• foist

• coterie

• plethora

The average dinner salad ___ lettuce, onion, and bacon.

• comprises

• innocuous

• expiate

On the street corner, a shady-looking man tried to ___ plastic as loose diamonds.

• foist

• vitriolic

• preamble