Vocabulary • Ch 5 - Grade 11 • Fill in the blanks

The bomb was powerful enough to _________ the entire building.

• prerequisite

• obliterate

• unobtrusive

• vacillate

The professor's lecture was so _________ that many students struggled to stay awake.

• ponderous

• turbulence

• usurp

• substantiate

The heavy rainstorm _________d our plans to go hiking in the mountains.

• tirade

• vacillate

• substantiate

• preclude

Completion of the fundamental courses is a _________ for enrolling in the advanced program.

• proximity

• prerequisite

• unobtrusive

• vocation

The convenience store is in close _________ to my house.

• substantiate

• rescind

• ponderous

• proximity

She apologized for her mistake and took immediate action to _________ the situation.

• rescind

• surmise

• preclude

• rectify

The government decided to _________ the new policy due to public outcry.

• usurp

• rescind

• obliterate

• resolution

She made a _________ to exercise every day.

• vocation

• substantiate

• rigorous

• resolution

She followed a _________ training schedule to prepare for the marathon.

• rigorous

• scrutinize

• unimpeachable

• prerequisite

She carefully _________d the document for any errors.

• vocation

• unobtrusive

• rectify

• scrutinize