Vocab

I had a hard time waiting for the Lottery to ____________ the winner of the big payout. If I won, it would _______________ my life. ( Check the two that apply. )

• disclose

• transform

• pervasive

• devastate

The surgical precision with which the author writes is a sign that he is a very _________________ author.

• precise or clear

• lazy

• young

• old and tired

Jimmy is known to _________________ a story when caught doing something he shouldn't be doing.

• fabricate

• enlighten

• spar

• debonair

You should always be thankful and ______________________ when someone gives you praise.

• extravagant

• vindicated

• modest

• disclose

Suzy was acting whimsically as a __________________ to her smoldering anger, but I could see right through it.

• spar

• smoke screen

• fabricate

• debonair

When the new president entered office, he repealed many of the regulations __________________ by the old one. 

• agitated
• consoled
• enacted
• invigorated

The Greek roots ERG and URG mean what?

• do, drive, act
• play
• work
• be lively, be energetic

If someone were to call you prodigal, they would probably say that you ...

• got upset easily

• were wasteful with money

• put forth a lot of effort

The Latin roots IG, AG, ACT, and EG mean what?

• play

• work

• do, drive, act

• be energetic, be lively