Advanced Vocabulary Quiz

The government decided to ................ all anti-discrimination law.

• Eradicate

• Decimate

• Repeal

• Appeal

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The government ..................... its ambassadors when war is declared.

• Reprimanded

• Reported

• Repealed

• Recalled

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Paralysis is a terrible ........

• Affliction

• Adversity

• Calamity

• Advertisement

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

It's my .............. that he's a fraud.

• Conviction

• Choice

• Indignation

• Mistrust

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Could you possibly .................... me at the next committee meeting?

• Stand in for

• Make up for

• Go back on

• Keep in with

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Tax .............. deprives the nation or several million dollars a year.

• Retention

• Evasion

• Invasion

• Desertion

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Hostile rivalry often involves defaming one's ...............

• Friends

• Relatives

• Colleagues

• Opponents

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Gambling was legalised in Nevada in 1931 to increase ...... for the state.

• Insurance

• Taxes

• Preoccupation

• Revenue

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Towards the end of the experiment, the subject showed signs of great ....... .

• Reverse

• Hardship

• Distress

• Mishap

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Someone who lends money at an exorbitant rate which is illegal is a(n) ..........

• Tax-evader

• Hijacker

• Perjurer

• Usurer

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A