Spelling 2/Vocabulary 3 Quiz

Complete the following sentence using the correct word:

The study of ________ focuses on the origins of humans how we have changed over the years, and how we relate to each other, both within our own culture and with people from other cultures.

• euphonium

• anthropology

• mutation

• encroach

In order to keep from becoming ​ (a)   , drinking water daily has to take ​ (b)   over other things we consume.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentence above.

• dehydrated
• precedence
• overblown
• gyrate
• secluded

Working to ​ (a)   our environment is a ​ (b)   goal that we can all work towards. It is important for us to find ways to live in harmony with nature, without having to ​ (c)   on its resources. By making small changes in our daily lives, such as recycling and reducing our energy consumption, we can​ (d)   benefit both the planet and ourselves.

• sustain
• feasible
• encroach
• mutually
• euphonium
• butte
• dehydrated

Although the meeting would _______ promptly at 4:00 PM, some of the students wanted to leave early to be with their friends.

Complete the sentence with the correct word.

The goal for this voyage was to ​ (a)   the continent and map all the islands that were still uncharted.

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence above.

• circumnavigate
• mutate
• dramatize
• gyrate

Sometimes you need to get away from it all to someplace where no one will find you. What you seek is a __________area where you can be alone. Choose the word that best completes this sentence.

• mutation

• monotonous

• secluded

• overblown

A ​ (a)   is a genetic ​ (b)   that causes new and different characteristics. When plants ​ (c)   , their genes ​ (d)   in a way that makes them look, grow, or reproduce differently. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences above.

• mutation
• mutate
• change
• monotonous
• perception
• overblown

___________things are boring and repetitive, like that long story you've heard your grandfather tell a hundred times before. _______ it and a story will be much more interesting.

Choose the best word that completes the sentences above.

• Dramatize

• Perception

• Monotonous

• Disagreeable

Choose the correctly spelled word:

• bute

• buett

• buutte

• butte

The instrument the man is playing is called a _________.

Write the word that best completes this sentence.