Advancing Vocabulary Skills Chapter 11

The word for someone who is self-centered is

Kangaroos are ________ only to Australia.

• incongruous

• superfluous

• indigenous

• clandestine

Some people think that bad handwriting is not a serious _____ in this age of smartphones and computers, but it is.

It is important to have a ______ plan for home emergencies such as fire, tornado, or power outage.

• clandestine

• contingency

• circumvent

• collaborate

_____ refers to exceeding what is sufficient or necessary.

When someone is _______, they return to a position or job they previously had.

• reinstated

• reiterated

• relegated

• repleted

After the senator was ______ of the crime, he was ____ to his position.

• equivocated/reinterated

• equivocated/reinstated

• exonerated, reinstated

• exonerated/repleted

The ________ author has written over 50 novels to date.

Traditional communication methods like letter writing and sending telegrams seem ______ in our technical age.

• incongruous

• indigenous

• inquisitive

• inundate

A spy's work is often ____ and risky.