Unit 4 Vocabulary Power Assessment

First and Last Name: Date. #:

Part A: Choose the answer that best completes each sentence. 1. The woman ________ her eyes from the movie screen when the action became too intense.

• heeded
• averted
• denounced
• transversed

2. The accountant ______ his living room into a home office.

• traversed
• dehydrated
• converted
• deduced

3. Laughter is a _____ sign of happiness.

• universal
• deceptive
• vain
• depleted

4. The parents gave _______ to their son when he wasn't chosen to play on the school's basketball team.

• consequence
• solace
• deception
• dejection

5. Not wanting to draw attention to herself, the woman tried to be _____ as she left the concert early.

• extroverted
• delinquent
• blissful
• discreet

6. The family ______ canned foods in preparation for the coming snowstorm.

• hoarded
• denounced
• deliberated
• converted

7. The explorers _____ mountains and deserts in their search for gold.

• defaulted
• deluded
• traversed
• squandered

8. After the salesman lost his job, he ______ on his car loan.

• decreed
• averted
• defaulted
• converted

9. The prosecutor told the jury to disregard the defendant's testimony because it was ______ and misleading.

• universal
• blissful
• versatile
• deceptive