Vocabulary Power Level 6: Unit 4 Test

The woman ______ her eyes from the movie screen when the action became too intense.

• a. heeded

• b. averted

• c. denounced

• d. traversed

The accountant ______ his living room into a home office.

• a. traversed

• b. dehydrated

• c. converted

• d. squandered

Laughter is a ______ sign of happiness.

• a. universal

• b. deceptive

• c. versatile

• d. deduced

The parents gave ______ to their son when he wasn’t chosen to play on the school’s basketball team.

• a. consequence

• b. solace

• c. deception

• d. dejection

Not wanting to draw attention to herself, the woman tried to be ______ as she left the concert early.

• a. extroverted

• b. delinquent

• c. blissful

• d. discreet

The family ______ canned foods in preparation for the coming snowstorm.

• a. hoarded

• b. denounced

• c. deliberated

• d. converted

The explorers ______ mountains and deserts in their search for gold.

• a. defaulted

• b. deluded

• c. traversed

• d. squandered

After the salesman lost his job, he ______ on his car loan.

• a. decreed

• b. averted

• c. defaulted

• d. converted

The prosecutor told the jury to disregard the defendant’s testimony because it was ______ and

misleading.

• a. universal

• b. blissful

• c. versatile

• d. deceptive

The farmer hired a lawyer to resolve the ______ over the adjoining fields.

• a. adversary

• b. controversy

• c. diversion

• d. consequence