Vocab Quiz 6

Younger operatives are resigning in droves, because they have given up hope of reform. The _______was sufficient to provoke an investigation by the inspector general in 1996.

• attrition

• inundate

• circumvent

• cohesive

The thirty-six-hour workweek established by the garment-industry code was ______ by having the workers punch out at five P.M., leave by the back door (their usual entrance), then return by the front door and work until eleven P.M. without punching the clock.

• circumvented

• inundated

• sanctioned

• cohersed

To achieve a ______ look, repeat the metal finishes used throughout the bathroom in the vanity lighting.

• reticent

• cohesive

• grievous

• vociferous

Lorkowski said targeting the energy network could lead to civilian suffering that outstrips the already ______ toll of the war, which on Monday entered its ninth month.

• robust

• inundated

• grievous

• vociferous

The coastlines along Georgia and South Carolina may sustain significant alterations because the powerful waves and storm surges brought by Ian could ______ coastal sand dunes, according to the US Geological Survey.

• sanction

• coheres

• inundate

• circumvent

Our kids’ limited understanding of the war is gleaned from history books, but the grandkids are _______ of the suffering, destruction and carnage.

• cohesive

• vociferous

• reticent

• oblivious

And with actors of such ample imagination — including Winningham, so vinegary as Lily, and Ahmed so exquisitely _____ as Adele — the circumstances informing trenchant performances need not be visible to the audience.

• robust

• reticent

• vociferous

• grievous

Once an energetic, ______ man, Mr. Rand has been considerably weekend by illness.

• vociferous

• grievous

• robust

• oblivious

His actions were not _________ by his superiors.

• reticent

• sanctioned

• inundated

• circumvented

Some legislators who were among the most ____________ in their support of subverting the election have tried to use their 2020 efforts as a springboard to higher office, all while still pledging to further remove democratic guardrails.

• vociferous

• robust

• reticent

• cohesive