Vocabulary Quiz 1 for Unit 5: Us and Them

Caroline’s new job allowed her to work from home rather than the office, so rising gas prices had less impact on her daily life.

Choose the vocabulary word that best fits this scenario.

• exclude

• loathe

• negate

After his wife shrunk his favorite sweater by putting it in the dryer, Steve was hesitant to trust her to do the laundry.

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

• wary

• cowering

• loathing

Jared hated having cat fur all over his clothes, so whenever he visited his sister he changed his clothes before picking up or petting her cat.

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

• loathe

• cower

• dehumanize

During an investigation, detectives sometimes decide to leave certain details out of their public report in order to keep them private.

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

• entrench

• wary

• exclude

Josephine’s parents said her piano performance had improved. However, Josephine didn’t know if she could trust them because she thought her parents had a slightly unbalanced opinion of her talent.

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

• bias

• loathing

• cowering

After watching a documentary about the Uyghur in China, Hannah couldn’t stop thinking about how wrong it is to deny someone basic dignity just because another person doesn’t respect their religion or cultural identity. Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

• entrench

• cower

• dehumanize

During last month’s earthquake, the rattling and falling objects made everyone hide in fear. Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

• cower

• negage

• exclude

Luke proposed a new holiday tradition of volunteering time at a local charity on Christmas morning rather than exchanging gifts. However, his siblings refused to go along with this idea and insisted that they not change their family tradition. Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

• dehumanize

• entrenched

• bias

The zoo visitors noticed how the animals that surrounded the tiger’s enclosure seemed to ​ (a)   each time the tiger let out his terrifying roar.

• cower
• negate
• exclude

The desire to win the state championship was so ​ (a)   in the school’s culture that no one even considered the possibility that they could lose.

• entrenched
• loathed
• negated