voacb unit 5

Most historians agree that military disasters during world war l were the _______that sparked the Russian revolution of 1917.

• exodus

• catalyst

The boss's ____ stung his employee especially hard, as it was delivered in front of the entire staff

• servitude

• catalyst

During the summer urban "sun worshippers" being their weekly ______ from the city at around 3:00 P.M. on Friday

• exodus

• servitude

Since they are based on the logic of a sentence, the rules of punctuation should not be considered purely _____

• arbitrary

• slapdash

______, disgusted with the government's policies, took to the streets to register a vote of no confidence

• Accomplices

• Militants

It is up to us to get rid of any ____ prejudices that we may still unwittingly hold against members of other races and nationalities

• latent

• arbitrary

He has deceived me so many times that I am forced to conclude that he is simply a _______ Liar

• incorrigible

• morose

The brook _____ along its rocky course seemed to be conversing wordlessly with the wind murmuring in the trees

• prattling

• annihilating

for the world's starving millions, finding enough food to keep body and soul together has become the ______ concern in life

• paramount

• latent

with bigger, faster, more experienced players , south high simply _____ our team, 56 to 7

• succumbed

• annihilated