Vocabulary • Ch 5 - Grade 12 • Fill in the blanks

The young _________ inherited his family's fortune.

• trite

• serendipity

• scion

• vacillate

They stumbled upon each other by pure _________.

• serendipity

• unequivocal

• utopian

• tremulous

They decided to take a short _________ in the countryside to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.

• vernacular

• vacillate

• serendipity

• sojourn

The sugar dissolved completely in the hot water, proving that it was _________.

• serendipity

• soluble

• vibrant

• vocation

The _________ ruler made decisions for the kingdom.

• tectonic

• verbose

• vernacular

• sovereign

She provided a brief _________ of the book.

• tectonic

• trite

• synopsis

• vacious

The earthquake was caused by _________ movement along the fault line.

• sojourn

• vernacular

• scion

• tectonic

He firmly believes in the _________ of treating others with kindness and respect.

• vernacular

• vacillate

• tremulous

• tenet

We had to _________ the treacherous mountain range to reach our destination.

• traverse

• sovereign

• tenet

• trite

Her voice was _________ as she delivered the news.

• serendipity

• tremulous

• vacillate

• vernacular