Chapter 4 Vocabulary Test Spring 2022

Though a trained veteran is often a well-tuned fighting machine, a raw 

                 recruit is sometimes no better than cannon ---.

• feint

• fodder

• alien

• jeer

To keep my self-respect, I must stand --- before the authorities and tell 

                 them the truth as I see it.

• comely

• erratic

• sully

• unflinching

After the formal dinner was over, we --- to the den in order to continue our 

                conversation in a more relaxed atmosphere.

• tantalized

• subjugated

• sullied

• adjourned

As soon as I entered that charming little cottage, I noticed that everything in

it was neat and ---.

• comely

• erratic

• terse

• subjugating

At one point in our fencing match, my opponent unexpectedly --- to the left 

                and threw me completely off guard.

• sullied

• tantalized

• feinted

• proliferated

Instead of all those long, flowery passages, why don’t you try to write more

in the --- and direct style of a good newspaper reporter?

• comely

• mediocre

• terse

• unflinching

I can understand how poor people sometimes feel --- by the wealth and 

                luxuries they see displayed on television programs.

• fortified

• sullied

• tantalized

• jeered

His behavior is so --- that we never know what to expect from him.

• comely

• sully

• erratic

• terse

When I first noticed how --- my roommate’s handwriting was, I suggested he

sign up immediately for a course in penmanship.

• illegible

• mediocre

• erratic

• lucrative

I would be unwilling to vote for the --- of club members just because they 

                are behind in their dues.

• dissolution

• expulsion

• subjugation

• fodder