Vocabulary Quiz #2

It is suggested that we begin using cleaner fuels because greenhouses gases are ​ (a)   .

• augmenting
• adulterating

She made a sour face because the tea had been ​ (a)   with lemonade.

• adulterated
• bereft

His ​ (a)   words took me out of my good mood.

• disparaging
• bereft

When I left my friends behind at my old school, I was left ​ (a)  

• bereft
• augmented

The beauty seemed to ​ (a)   me; I could not move.

• encapsulate
• freeze

During the pandemic, many people demonstrated ​ (a)   when they pushed through the tough time.

• fortitude
• apprehensiveness

The students not doing their work left their teacher feeling​ (a)   .

• jubilant
• dour

The thief's looks were ​ (a)   as he surveyed the bank.

• virtuous
• insidious

Edgar Allan Poe's best known poem is: ​ (a)   .

• "The Raven"
• "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of ​ (a)   .

• 39
• 40