Vocabulary Quiz

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. Erosion from wind and rain could _______ the letters on an old gravestone.

• obliterate

• disperse

• regress

• permeate

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. In the middle of his Memorial Day speech, the mayor made a(n) _______ to explain why he got into politics.

• chronology

• digression

• intermediary

• retort

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. As the clouds gathered and the day turned less sunny, there was also a(n) _______ change in temperature.

• muted

• subtle

• dispassionate

• intravenous

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. Only once during the discussion did the professor from the University of Michigan _______ a remark.

• disperse

• obliterate

• retort

• interject

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. The nurse obtained a blood sample using a(n) _______ procedure.

• dispassionate

• intravenous

• systematic

• infamous

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. After many years of war, the leaders felt the nation was now on the _______ of a new era of peace and prosperity.

• intercom

• brink

• traction

• chronology

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. That _______ company used illegal methods to put its competitors out of business.

• muted

• systematic

• intermittent

• infamous

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. The audience enjoyed the _______ between the two rappers as they responded to each other.

• intercom

• digression

• interplay

• traction

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. Bob took the engine apart piece by piece in a(n) _______ way.

• intermittent

• precipitous

• systematic

• subtle

Circle the letter of the word that best fits each sentence. Mr. Kajorski’s Independence Day speech was _______ with glowing terms describing his new country.

• permeated

• interlaced

• protracted

• dispersed