Week 9 Vocabulary Quiz

The witness was not _________ to testify against the defendent because she failed a lie detector test and was not reliable.

• competent

• oblivious

• fluent

• arrogant

When the tree fell on our car it was ​ (a)   leaving us in a ​ (b)   with no way to travel.

• mangled
• predicament
• artifact
• ingenious

His attempt to lift the boulder with his bare hands was ______.

• ingenious

• futile

• glum

• sheepish

Match the following words with their meaning.

• capable, adequate

• retain

• guilt, anguish, grief

• remorse

• pointless; useless

• futile

• keep; continue to have

• competent

• difficult or unpleasant situation

• predicament

Match the following word with their meaning:

• clever; inventive

• allegiance

• snobby; conceited; pretentious

• formulate

• loyalty or devotion

• capacity

• the amount that something can contain

• ingenious

• create

• arrogant

After living a _______ lifestyle for years and moving around all of the time, they had become experts at setting up their camp in new and unfamiliar terrains."

• futile

• sheepish

• nomadic

• tentative

"The unexpected ​ (a)   proved to be a major ​ (b)   in their plans, forcing them to reevaluate and adapt to the new circumstances."

• catastrophe
• hindrance
• endure
• far fetched

"As he stepped into the ​ (a)   shop, he was met with a sight that left him utterly ​ (b)   ."

• peculiar
• dumbfounded
• predicament
• capacity

Charlie's ​ (a)   attitude was so obnoxious he was ​ (b)   that others could not bear to be around him.​

• arrogant
• oblivious
• cope
• lofty

Match the following

• nomadic

• a search for information or truth

• hindrance

• Greatly surprised; amazed

• dumbfounded

• moving from place to place

• inquiry

• ache, crave ; long for

• yearn

• an obstacle or annoyance