Academic Vocabulary 8 /9

I can _______ my lack of sleep to the horns blowing all night.

• orient

• nocturnal

• attribute

• open

President Biden has assured the nation that we will not go into a ______, despite the fact that gas prices are on the rise.

• recession
• nominal

• default

• shutdown

What is the definition for the word, Predominant?

• Most common or conspicuous
• Least common or conspicuous
• temporary

• rare

The opossum in my back yard is active all night, watching TV with me. He takes advantage of being ______ by sleeping in the daytime.

• exemplify

• nocturnal

• peaceful

• attest

The object in my neighbor's back yard remains an _______ as no one was willing to touch it to see what it was.

• enigma
• mobile

• engine
• discern

Anyone who has seen the band play, can ______ that they are one of the best around.

• testify
• deny
• mobile

• attest

The student's _______ great attitudes when they went over and shoot the winning team's hand.

• showed
• exemplified

• ran
• discern

My neighbor's sold their home to purchase a ______ home in the country.

• enhance

• smaller
• mobile

• expensive

I purchased new curtains, towels, and rugs to _____ the beauty of the bathroom.

• enhance
• destroy
• discern

• enigma

The fire department and the police were _______ to the scene of the accident.

• dispatched
• launched
• attest

• drove