WOTW # 15 & 16 Quiz

My doctor’s announcement that I had high blood pressure was the _______ that caused me to join a gym. 

• impetus

• compendious

• exacerbate

• petulant

When the professor turned his back, the cheating student cast a _________ glance at his neighbor's test paper. 

• ignominious

• exacerbate

• uncouth

• furtive

The first thing Elizabeth noticed when she walked up the sidewalk to her house was that the curtains were _______ as if someone had been watching her from the window.

• vicarious

• omnipotent

• askew

• compendious

Reading the ________ version of the novel, the reader couldn’t help but feel that something was missing from this concise version.

• petulant

• ignominious

• omnipotent

• compendious

Because Sarah is well mannered and knows how to behave in social situations, she is the total opposite of her ________ twin Lacey. 

• vicarious

• uncouth

• exacerbate

• impetus

When I watched my brother accept his Olympic medal, I felt a _______ thrill of victory that made me want to follow in his footsteps.

• furtive

• petulant

• vicarious

• impetus

The doctor told me not to run as it can ________ my knee injury.

• vicarious

• ignominious

• exacerbate

• uncouth

When the boxer got knocked out in the first round, everyone knew it was the beginning of an _________ defeat for him.

• vicarious

• exacerbate

• petulant

• ignominious

When I was a small child, I believed my father was _________ and capable of doing anything.

• omnipotent

• impetus

• askew

• exacerbate

Although Margaret had a valid complaint, there was no reason for her to act _______ and call the waiter names.

• compendious

• omnipotent

• ignominious

• petulant