Freshman Vocab. Quiz Lesson 13

Some gardeners consider chemicals and pesticides harmful; instead, they ___ using "organic" methods of growing fruits and vegetables.

• advocate

• emancipate

• impede

• jurisdiction

Malik's parents didn't understand why he hated school until they found that the reason for his ___ was poor eyesight: he couldn't see the board.

• antipathy

• idiosyncrasy

• impede

• jurisdiction

to set free from slavery, captivity, or oppression

• advocate

• emancipate

• idiosyncrasy

• impede

My uncle asks very personal questions, but please don't be offended--it's just an ___ of his. He doesn't realize how odd it seems to others.

• antipathy

• idiosyncrasy

• advocate

• jurisdiction

We canceled the picnic because a thunderstorm seemed ___.

• imminent

• inclusive

• precarious

• preposterous

to delay or slow; get in the way of

• advocate

• antipathy

• emancipate

• impede

The cost of the vacation package was ___, covering our airfare and all hotels, meals, and tours.

• imminent

• inclusive

• precarious

• preposterous

Shakespeare's theater, the Globe, was built across the river from London. Officials had forbidden theaters in London, but the other side of the river was beyond their ___.

• antipathy

• emancipate

• idiosyncrasy

• jurisdiction

dangerous; risky; dangerously uncertain

• imminent

• inclusive

• precarious

• preposterous

contrary to nature or reason and thus laughable; absurd

• imminent

• inclusive

• precarious

• preposterous