Watcyn Jones 5 quiz 1

While she was sleeping, a thief __________ through her luggage looking for anything valuable.

• rifled

• tariff

• pilfered

• ephemeral

He was caught __________ pens and printer paper from his office.

• pilfering

• rifling

• hacking

• ephemeral

I expected a typical lame highschool paper, but to my surprise she handed in a well-researched, _____ essay.

• erudite

• ephemeral

• tariff

• dawdling

We didn't get to see the play, but it can't have been any good, judging by the _____ we could hear in the cafe across the street.

• catcalls

• dawdling

• loquacious

• irascible

Far from becoming a rock icon, their fame turned out to be _____, and now hardly anyone remembers them as anything but a one hit wonder.

• ephemeral

• dawdling

• catcall

• moribund

Noticing how their normally reticent child suddenly became incredibly _____ whenever dinosaurs were mentioned, his parents decided to have him tested for autism.

• loquacious

• dawdling

• ephemerall

• tariff

Quit _____, we're running out of time! Back to work, chop-chop!

• dawdling

• ephemeral

• rifling

• pilfering

Many people get more _____ as they get older, especially if their health starts failing.

• irascible

• dawdling

• ephemeral

• loquacious

They set up a tent outside the hospital for _____ patients, to save beds for those with actual chances of surviving.

• moribund

• dawdling

• loquacious

• erudite

President Trump started a so-called _____ war with China, raising import duties on many products.

• tariff

• dawdling

• erudite

• ephemeral