Vocabulary - "Balboa" and "Desperate Trek"

Who is most likely to undertake an expedition?

• football players

• mountain climbers

What is someone who is unimpeded not likely to face?

• barriers

• success

Which event is a person most likely to perceive as interminable?

• boring lecture

• exciting movie

Which of these individuals is in dire straits?

• first responder

• hurricane victim

Who might look to a posse for help?

• chief of police

• criminal

Which branch of the armed forces would dispatch a flotilla?

• army

• navy

Who relied on conquistadors?

• kind of Spain

• president of United States

We packed _______, such as food and water

• provisions

• distinctions

• cedes

The tablecloth was _______ before dinner, but it was covered with stains afterward.

• protruding

• discordant

• pristine

The wad of gum ________ from his cheek made him look as if he had the mumps.

• ceding

• supplanting

• protruding