English III CP Vocab Quiz-1

When the referee made a bad call, the parents yelled _________________ words at him

• profane

• haughty

• impeccable

An agent’s primary task is to _____________________ acting roles and handle the legal negotiations of an actor’s contract

• circumvent

• procure

• discourse

Computer programs should be ______________________, resulting in little or no errors

• haughty

• profane

• impeccable

If the settlers wanted to get to their new homes, they had to find a way to ________________________ the dangerous mountain trails

• profane

• belie

• circumvent

The boy was kicked out of school after he directed a _____________ tirade at his teacher

• haughty

• profane

• contrivance

The pirates' _____________ to take over the ship failed when the crewmen withstood their attacks.

• circumvent

• contrivance

• discourse

After receiving ____________________ amounts of letters in the mail, the network decided to revive the television show.

• discourse

• copious

• impeccable

In an attempt to ____________________ the vehicle’s high mileage, the car salesman turned back the speedometer on the car.

• profane

• procure

• belie

I cannot believe that your intense _____________gets in the way of donating a measly $5!

• contrivance

• belie

• avarice

We were offended by the _____________ remark of how they owned more property and valuables than we did.

• haughty

• profane

• discourse