Vocab 1A Quiz

During the gold rush of 1849, thousands of prospectors poured into California in hopes of unearthing a(n) _____ that would make them rich for life.

• excerpt

• rubble

• wrangle

• bonanza

The _____ passenger shoved people aside as he lunged for the last empty seat on the subway car.

• churlish

• collaborative

• vigilant

• servile

Two rival political parties _____ on the education legislation because it would benefit both groups.

• decreed

• hovered

• collaborated

• jostled

The miners followed the smallest veins of silver, that led to an inconceivably valuable _____ that was ten feet across and nearly a mile long.

• adage

• laggard

• bonanza

• excerpt

The class _____ verses from poems about nature and mounted an exhibition of poetry and pictures for the library.

• excerpted

• decreed

• groped

• precluded

The contestant panicked and could only _____ wildly for a possible answer as the clock ticked away.

• jostle

• grope

• wrangle

• collaborate

Grazing rights to pastures often _____ to the original owner.

• revert

• decree

• evolve

• jostle

_____ his way through the crowd at the noisy town board meeting, the storeowner stepped to the microphone to argue with the board members.

• Evolving

• Hovering

• Collaborating

• Jostling

The critic quoted brief _____ from the book she was reviewing to illustrate the author’s bias.

• excerpts

• decrees

• plaudits

• vigils

The composer, the lyricist, and the writer discussed working on a new musical together because they were eager to _____.

• preclude

• wrangle

• evolve

• collaborate