Unit 4 Vocabulary Review

The woman ______ her eyes from the movie screen when the action became too intense.

• heeded

• averted

• denounced

• traversed

The accountant ______ his living room into a home office.

• traversed

• dehydrated

• converted

• deduced

Laughter is a ______ sign of happiness.

• universal

• deceptive

• vain

• depleted

The parents gave ______ to their son when he wasn’t chosen to play on the school’s basketball team.

• consequence

• solace

• deception

• dejection

Not wanting to draw attention to herself, the woman tried to be ______ as she left the concert early.

• extroverted

• delinquent

• blissful

• discreet

The family ______ canned foods in preparation for the coming snowstorm.

• hoarded

• denounced

• deliberated

• converted

The explorers ______ mountains and deserts in their search for gold.

• defaulted

• deluded

• traversed

• squandered

After the salesman lost his job, he ______ on his car loan.

• decreed

• averted

• defaulted

• converted

The prosecutor told the jury to disregard the defendant’s testimony because it was ______ and misleading.

• universal

• blissful

• versatile

• deceptive

The farmer hired a lawyer to resolve the ______ over the adjoining fields

• adversary

• controversy

• diversion

• consequence