Week 8 (Term 3) Vocab Test

The country's leaders have been trying to ______ support for the war.

• staple

• muster

• instill

• turbulent

​ ______ waters caused the boat to capsize.

• turbulent

• tedious

• succumb

• renounce

I need to buy some _____, like bread and milk.

• monotony

• instill

• discern

• staples

The king _____ his ties to the throne.

• discerned

• instilled

• renounced

• mustered

The coach is trying to _______ into the players a feeling of confidence.

• instill

• tedious

• monotony

• decipher

He _______, not because of the pneumonia, but because of the weakness of his resistance.

• renounces

• deciphers

• musters

• succumbs

The test was unbelievably boring and ______.

• discern

• tedious

• turbulent

• monotony

I could just _____ a figure in the darkness.

• succumb

• renounce

• discern

• instill

We spent hours trying to _______ the lyrics to the song.

• decipher

• succumb

• renounce

• muster

The brief storm was a relief from the ______ of the hot summer afternoon.

• staple

• instill

• monotony

• turbulent