* VOCAB 13-14-15 TEST

Any editorial article about pollution appearing in such a _____ newspaper is bound to make a strong impression on many citizens.

• grovel

• reputable

• fluctuate

• maternal

Though there has of late been a good deal of ______ for tax reform, nothing has come of it so far.

• magnitude

• revere

• chronological

• agitation

The man was such a controversial figure in his own time that he was both ______ as a saint, and despised as a villain.

• revered

• groveled

• enchanted

• fluctuated

Like everyone else, I want to be well-liked, but I will not _____ before others in order to be well-liked.

• agitation

• grovel

• magnitude

• maternal

If it were not for their strong _____ instinct to protect their young, many species of animals could not survive.

• maternal

• fluctuate

• chronological

• reputable

As the game proceeded, and the lead continued to change hands, the score would _____ between us winning, and us losing.

• agitation

• magnitude

• fluctuate

• saga

When the Wright brothers made their first successful airplane flight, few people realized the _____ of the event.

• chronological

• enchant

• grovel

• magnitude

So many different battles took place during the Civil War that I often have difficulty remembering the correct _____ order of them all.

• enchant

• chronological

• maternal

• reputable

The cowboy on his trusty quarter horse plays a prominent part in the _____ of the Old West.

• agitation

• saga

• maternal

• reputable

For more than a hundred years, the delightful adventures of Alice in Wonderland continue to _____ readers young and old.

• agitation

• grovel

• enchant

• saga