Vocabulary Test 2

Over the years, Mr. Madigan rarely took time to _____the meaning of life. Since his heart attack, however, he's thought a lot about what is important to him.

• degenerate

• ponder

• intercede

• sinister

She had a _____grasp of the subject.

• comprehensive

• flagrant

• persevere

• turmoil

"At tomorrow's staff meeting," my older sister said, "I will _____to say what I really think-and cross my fingers that I don't get fired."

• calamity

• fluctuate

• venture

• rehabilitate

The journey had led to _____and ruin.

• venture

• calamity

• rehabilitation

• venture

In many cultures, a handshake is a ______greeting exchanged between people meeting for the first time.

• turmoil

• calamity

• conventional

• nocturnal

It was not easy to attend English classes while working at two jobs, but Nina _____until she could speak English well.

• conventional

• ventured

• fluctuated

• persevered

The attack on the civilians was a _____violation of the peace agreement.

• garbled

• venture

• comprehensive

• flagrant

My grandfather learned to walk, write, and speak again in a program that _____stroke victims.

• fluctuates

• rehabilitates

• ventures

• perseveres

In the desert, the temperatures _____dramatically.

• fluctuate

• persevere

• garble

• qualm

After the _____of crying babies, active children, and trying to feed 120 people, I'm glad when our family reunions end.

• ponder

• venture

• discussion

• turmoil