Week 5 Vocabulary Quiz

Use the new words in the following sentences. There is no reason to monkey around with these. His _______ cunning allowed him to see through the spy's subterfuge.

• abortive

• modify

• accommodate

• spontaneous

• innate

Use the new words in the following sentences. There is no reason to monkey around with these. The divers made an _______ attempt to rescue the dog from the murky waters.

• abortive

• modify

• accommodate

• spontaneous

• innate

Use the new words in the following sentences. There is no reason to monkey around with these. A quarrel was precipitated when the dietician refused to _______ the patient's special needs.

• abortive

• modify

• accommodate

• spontaneous

• innate

If vocabulary is getting to be your stock in trade, you should have no trouble in matching the new words with their meanings. modify

• a. fruitless, useless, failing

• b. to make fit, adjust to

• c. natural

• d. without preparation, unrehearsed

• e. to change

If vocabulary is getting to be your stock in trade, you should have no trouble in matching the new words with their meanings. spontaneous

• a. fruitless, useless, failing

• b. to make fit, adjust to

• c. natural

• d. without preparation, unrehearsed

• e. to change

The firemen did not have to cajole* the enthusiastic ______ into helping them extinguish the blaze.

• deem

• inherent

• buff

• romp

• latent

Use the new words in the following sentences: The other drivers were nettled about the ease with which our car ascended the ______ road.

• tortuous

• itinerant

• peregrination

• conjugal

• barometer

Use the new words in the following sentences: Arguments over money have often led to ______ havoc.

• tortuous

• itinerant

• peregrination

• conjugal

• barometer

Use the new words in the following sentences: Signs were posted in the lobby to prevent ______ beggars and others of that ilk from entering.

• itinerant
• tortuous

• peregrination

• conjugal

• barometer

Use the new words in the following sentences: The warmth of Mr. Smythe’s greeting each morning may be construed as an excellent ______ of his health.

• tortuous

• itinerant

• peregrination

• conjugal

• barometer