Vocab Exam 1-6B

The eye-opening first scene of the new play gave the audience a ______ of things to come.

• Trickle
• Truce
• Foretaste
• Resume

The ______ student sat down in the back of the classroom and cried.

• Sullen
• Trivial
• Vicious
• Barren

The young couple brought in an architect and a contractor to help them ______ the old house.

• Alight
• Hurtle
• Renovate
• Interrogate

My brother's room is ______ to mine.

• interminable
• adjacent
• sullen
• trivial

For three generations, their family has formed one of the leading automotive ______ of this country.

• recompense
• foretastes
• dynasties
• hurtles

Though he didn't say it in so many words, he did ______ that I was responsible for the accident.

• disrupt
• insinuate
• alight
• germinate

Though my dog Rover is huge and fierce-looking, children are fond of him because he doesn't have a ______ disposition.

• vicious
• sullen
• trivial
• interminable

Cleaning up after the huge bash felt like a(n) ______ job.

• available
• customary
• interminable
• unscathed

When the salesclerk replied rudely to my polite inquiry about the price of the garment, I became a bit ______ .

• indignant
• transparent
• indispensable
• customary

Despite offering big raises and bonuses, the boss was unable to ______ workers from quitting.

• hazard
• dissuade
• cater
• lubricate