Vocabulary for Civil Service

The ________ union president differs from the past union president on employee reform issues.

• talkative

• accomplished

• artificial

• incumbent

The ________ data supports the belief that there has been an increase in population in the county.

• nominal

• demographic

• practical

• nocturnal

The ________ collected from real estate taxes helped to balance the town budget.

• domain

• remainder

• revenue

• assessment

She pretended to be ________ about the new job opportunity, but secretly she was very excited.

• dedicated

• receptive

• candid

• blasé

We were tired when we reached the ________, but the spectacular view of the valley below was worth the hike.

• circumference

• summit

• fulcrum

• nadir

The suit had a/an ________ odor, as if it had been stored in a trunk for a long time.

• aged

• scented

• musty

• decrepit

Since his workplace was so busy and noisy, he longed most of all for ________.

• solitude

• association

• loneliness

• irrelevancy

The teacher put the crayons on the bottom shelf to make them ________ to the young children.

• accessible

• receptive

• eloquent

• ambiguous

My computer was state-of-the-art when I bought it three years ago, but now it is ________.

• current

• dedicated

• unnecessary

• outmoded

Visiting all the coffee shops in the city, they were on a ________ to find the perfect cup of coffee.

• surge

• quest

• discovery

• cadence