Vocabulary and Context Quiz

A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream is known as a __________.

• perturb

• reverie

• banter

• desolate

Someone who is __________ is known to be diligent and careful in their work or duties.

• incredulous

• obstinate

• conscientious

• sporadic

A place that feels empty, without people, and perhaps unhappy is described as __________.

• permeate

• desolate

• fluctuate

• obscure

Feeling or showing disbelief is to be __________.

• incredulous

• perturb

• elicit

• banter

To spread throughout something is to __________ it.

• permeate

• elicit

• fluctuate

• corroborate

Light and playful conversation is known as __________.

• banter

• reverie

• perturb

• sporadic

To __________ means to rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.

• fluctuate

• permeate

• elicit

• perturb

Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated is described as __________.

• sporadic

• persistent

• obscure

• bleak

To __________ means to draw out a response, answer, or fact from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.

• elicit

• fluctuate

• permeate

• perturb

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so, is to be __________.

• obstinate

• incredulous

• desolate

• conscientious