VOC L 1-3 UNIT TEST (4 points each = 200 points)

A dictator might repress citizens until they ___________ to his or her rule.

• jostle

• succumb

• saturate

• articulate

• wrest

Slake most nearly means

• repress

• concoct

• undermine

• placate

• tinge

A provincial course of study would not rely upon _________ sources of knowledge.

• unkempt

• diverse

• eminent

• tranquil

• sullen

The word most synonymous with improvise is

• undermine

• refuse

• libel

• repress

• concoct

At first they’d been ________, sure it was some kind of swindle, but he’d brought them in with tiny stakes and managed to gather enough capital to purchase the dilapidated old building, spruce it up, and get it running.

Source: Six of Crows

• bourgeois

• generous

• impulsive

• skeptical

unkempt means

• subversive

• uncombed

• sinewy

• pliant

realm means

• extreme distress of body or mind

• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

• special emphasis attached to something

• a domain in which something is dominant

The clash was the most serious in the past several years, during which the Sea Shepherd has sent vessels into far-southern waters to try to harass the Japanese fleet into ceasing its annual whale hunt.

Source: Salon

In this sentence, harass means to

• show or affirm to be legitimate

• exhaust by attacking repeatedly

• avoid and stay away from deliberately

• praise somewhat dishonestly

Axes cleared the debris, and two armed guards entered the room, followed by the king with the golden crown and the spear-shaped beard.

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

In this sentence, debris means

• cellar

• snowfall

• stairwell

• rubble

succumb means to

• buckle under

• declare oneself

• give back

• say farewell