Level D Unit 5 Choosing the Right Word

1. Most historians agree that military disasters during World War I were the ______ that sparked the Russian Revolution of 1917.

• exodus
• catalyst

2. During the summer, urban "sun worshippers" begin their weekly ________ from the city at around 3:00pm on Friday.

• exodus
• servitude

3. Since they are firmly based on the logic of a sentence, the rules of punctuation should not be considered purely ______.

• arbitrary
• slapdash

4. __________, disgusted with the government's policies, took to the streets to register a vote of no confidence.

• Accomplices
• Militants

5. It is up to us to get rid of any _________ prejudices that we may still unwittingly hold against members of other races and nationalities.

• latent
• arbitrary

6. He has deceived me so many times that I am forced to conclude that he is simply a(n) ________ liar.

• incorrigible
• morose

7. The brook __________ along its rocky course seemed to be conversing wordlessly with the wind murmuring in the trees.

• prattling
• annihilating

8. For the world's starving millions, finding enough food to keep body and soul together has become the _________ concern in life.

• paramount
• latent

9. With their bigger, faster, more experienced players, South High simply ____________ our team, 56 to 7.

• succumbed
• annihilated

10. The best way to ______ the contention that something is not possible to do is to go out and do it.

• facilitate
• rebut