Reading Vocabulary Week 2

The criminal was able to _________ capture by avoiding public areas.

• Evade

• Avoid

• Shirk

• Thwart

During the Russian Revolution, the _________ lower classes rose against capitalism.

• Regulated

• Dominated

• Subjugated

• Governed

The old CEO did not want to _________ his power to the younger board member.

• Abandon

• Relinquish

• Forfeit

• Yield

The term “genus” is part of the ___________ of the biological classification system.

• Nomenclature

• Characterization

• Moniker

• Glossary

After his sentence, the inmate ___________ his confession.

• Recanted

• Spurned

• Refused

• Abandoned

The Scientific Method is a long-standing ___________ dictating how experiments are conducted.

• Rule

• Standard

• Paradigm

• Prototype

There are very few ________ medieval copies of The Canterbury Tales.

• Complete

• Extant

• Useful

• Operative

The jury woman was called a malcontent for her _________ attitude towards the defendant.

• Incendiary

• Radical

• Schismatic

• Dissident

The ___________ house looked like it might cave in at any moment.

• Seedy

• Damaged

• Contorted

• Dilapidated

The designer _________ her outfit with brightly colored accessories.

• Embellished

• Improved

• Amplified

• Arrayed