Vocabulary Quiz

The relatives decided to wait until Tuesday to _______ the accident victim.

• vex

• inter

• deviate

The spacecraft’s _______ journey was estimated to take about ninety years.

• amoral

• terrestrial

• astral

My little brother was absolutely _______ about losing his new Swiss army knife on the campout.

• disconsolate

• pithy

• surfeited

To many people, the legend of King Midas and his golden touch is a powerful reminder of the dangers of _______.

• constraint

• avarice

• antipathy

The soybean fields looked _______ because of the plague of grasshoppers.

• disconsolate

• blighted

• oblivious

The headwaiter at the fancy restaurant was forced to call the police to remove the _______ customer.

• urbane

• illusory

• obstreperous

The rich soil on my uncle’s farm in western Ohio is among the most _______ in the country.

• fecund

• blighted

• derogatory

Michelle will be hard to work with on the project unless she is able to overcome her _______ for getting her hands dirty.

• depravity

• derogatory

• antipathy

Paying that much money for such a tiny apartment is complete _______!

• lunacy

• quandary

• antipathy

I realize that I’m not on the student council, but that’s no reason for her to treat me like a _______.

• tome

• nonentity

• astronomer