E9 - Vocab 1 Review

"Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck." This American saying is an example of __________

• Scorn

• Irate

• Superstition

• Amenity

Before the days of computer navigation, sailors used the stars to guide their journeys. During foggy days, the ___________ weather made it hard to see and even harder to sail.

• Superstition

• Irate

• Scorn

• Opaque

Many consider the personalities of dogs to be the ___________ of the typical cat personality.

• Inverse

• Apprehensive

• Taint

• Vitality

When the ship crashed, thousands of gallons of oil were spilled into the water, _______ the ocean.

• Dreading

• Obstinate

• Tainting

• Scorning

The expression "stubborn as a mule" comes from the tendency of donkeys to be naturally disagreeable and generally ___________.

• Obstinate

• Zealous

• Precarious

• Palpable

Some countries have banned vapes because they cause "popcorn lung" - the build-up of oil and moisture that damages the __________ of a person's lungs.

• Vitality

• Precarious

• Opaque

• Scorn

Before the Industrial Revolution, many construction workers had __________ jobs that required them to build at extremely dangerous heights without safety equipment.

• Apprehensive

• Zealous

• Palpable

• Precarious

The strict professor was __________ about plagiarism policy- he said that any student who cheated in his class would get expelled from the university.

• Apprehensive

• Zealous

• Superstitious

• Tainted

Once the end of the term happens, grades become ___________. Teachers can't change them even if they want to.

• Irate

• Opaque

• Immutable

• Palpable

The tension between the two screaming politicians was so _____________ that even the viewers at home could feel the intense energy during the debate.

• Palpable

• Opaque

• Zealous

• Scorn