Oryx & Crake Week 5 Vocab

___, ___ and ___ depict seemingly affable, i.e., friendly, amiable, pleasant or congenial movie characters.

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The boulder on the highway thwarted—___, ___, ___ or ___—the passage of cars and other vehicles.

• prevented

• impeded

• facilitated

• hampered

• blocked

According to some scientists the size and extent of the polar ice caps have dwindled—___, ___ or ___—due to global warming.

• diminished

• lessened

• decreased

• increased

___, ___ and ___ depict ineptitude, i.e., inability, incompetence, incapacity or inadequacy to do a task or foresee possible difficulties.

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___, ___ and ___ depict people or things roistering, i.e., capering, dancing, hopping, skipping, frolicking, revelling, and/or gamboling.

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___, ___, ___ and ___ depict deviant behavior, i.e., behavior that actually or seemingly departs from usual, accepted and even legal standards of social behavior.

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Darth Vader's compassion and love for his son, Luke, impelled—___, ___ or ___—him to destroy the Emperor and sacrifice his own life.

• compelled

• obliged

• drove

• inhibited

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict risible, i.e., funny, comical, amusing, and humorous although possibly painful events.

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People, like animals, scavenge—___, ___ and ___—discarded items or food in all sorts of places, i.e., garbage dumps, trash cans, dumpsters, shipwrecks, beaches, etc.

• look for

• search for

• traffick

• forage for

___, ___ and ___ depict things that have been statistically and otherwise proven to significantly deter, i.e., discourage, dissuade, hamper or impede people from breaking the law.

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