Vocabulary Quiz

He joined the _______________ group of athletes who have run a mile in under four minutes.

• myriad

• unison

• elite

• willful

The disease had so _______________ the poor animal that it was no longer able to stand.

• instigate

• incapacitated

• comply

• perturb

If all the members of the cast work in _______________, I am sure we will have a successful class show.

• myriad

• unison

• elite

• willful

I refuse to _______________ with any order issued by a person who has absolutely no knowledge of the project I’m working on.

• comply

• instigate

• grapple

• perturb

The _______________ child insisted on wearing sneakers to her sister’s wedding.

• myriad

• willful

• elite

• unison

In wartime, it is not unusual for enemies of a country to send spies behind enemy lines in an effort to _______________ a rebellion.

• instigate

• comply

• grapple

• perturb

She _______________ with his question before she was able to form an answer.

• myriad

• grappled

• elite

• willful

Though we have made many outstanding contributions to the conquest of space, landing men on the moon is probably our most _______________ achievement.

• myriad

• prodigious

• elite

• willful

The autumn night sky, with its _______________ stars, always fills me with awe and wonder.

• myriad

• unison

• elite

• willful

Father said, “I am _______________, not because you failed the exam, but because you still seem unable to understand why you failed it.”

• myriad

• perturb

• elite

• willful