Vocabulary Quiz 1.3

What is your name?

1. The NCAA has in recent years cracked down on such ______________________ practices of “shaving points” and other forms of cheating.

• articulate
• utopian
• nefarious
• viscous

2. Every Memorial Day, Mayor Davis delivers a(n) ____________________ extolling the selfless devotion of those who have died defending our country.

• eulogy
• utopian
• nefarious
• credence

3. Though diesel fuels are not as thick as motor oil, they are a good deal more ______________________ than regular gasoline.

• decry
• viscous
• murky
• feckless

4. Ever since the first thing crawled out of the _________________________ ooze millions of years ago, life has been evolving in incredible ways.

• feckless
• articulate
• utopian
• primordial

5. Sadly, the _________________________ plans of high-minded idealists usually collapse under the weight of practical realities.

• feckless
• articulate
• utopian
• primordial

6. We could not draw any clear ideas from the speaker because his speech was so disorganized, confusing, and generally _______________________________.

• murky
• articulate
• distraught
• primordial

7. to remove from a grave; to bring to light

• murky
• exhume
• distraught
• primordial

8. belief; mental acceptance; trust; confidence

• credence
• exhume
• nefarious
• decry

9. to denounce; to condemn; express strong disapproval

• credence
• exhume
• nefarious
• decry