Chapters 1-8 Vocabulary Quiz

a confused state; difficulty

• envision

• quandary

• incentive

• contention

fair; unprejudiced

• laborious

• fray

• impartial

• contradictory

to come together; to meet

• verify

• thwart

• envision

• converge

a determination to win in competition

• contention

• awareness

• keen

• maneuver

holding fast; stubborn;

tough; firm

• evident

• tenacious

• elusive

• implausible

causing disbelief; unlikely;

doubtful

• fray

• keen

• implausible

• quandary

to prevent; to stop to frustrate

• surmise

• converge

• verify

• thwart

to suppose; to wonder;

to think curiously about

• speculate

• retain

• intercede

• appease

favorable; appropriate;

convenient; well-timed

• opportune

• tenuous

• tenacious

• malovelent

slight; weak; thin

• efficient

• liberal

• procrastinate

• tenuous