English 12CP - Voc. 1 Practice

Tim and Sarah were ___ to save as much money for their upcoming wedding as they could, so they really cut back on expenses such as going out to eat.

• proclivity

• preposterous

• resolute

• circumvent

His ___ for buying a brand new car every year became an expensive habit.

• proclivity

• preposterous

• resolute

• circumvent

We thought that we would be able to ___ the horrible traffic caused from the accident by taking an alternate route, but lots of people had the same idea as we did.

• proclivity

• preposterous

• resolute

• circumvent

The small, local theater group had the ___ idea that they would propose a budget to the town council of one million dollars.

• proclivity

• preposterous

• resolute

• circumvent

The ___ banquet included foods that came from every corner of the planet and foods that were prepared by world famous chefs.

• assail

• malleable

• lavish

• vehemently

Wet clay is an extremely ___ material and can be made into almost any end product piece imaginable.

• assail

• lavish

• malleable

• vehemently

Every day after work, my three dogs ___ me by trying to jump on me, but they wag their tails, showing me how excited they are that I've returned.

• lavish

• malleable

• assail

• vehemently

Josh ___ screamed, "I won't do it for you or anyone else!" Then he slammed the door as he left the room.

• lavish

• malleable

• assail

• vehemently

We had to lay heavy books on the papers with ___ edges so that they would eventually straighten out.

• ruminate

• extoll

• infallible

• furled

When I have to constantly ___ all day long about very serious ideas, it makes me incredibly tired.

• ruminate

• extoll

• infallible

• furled