VOCAB QUIZ 718

something that swings from one end to the other

• recede

• convivial

• pendulum

• submerge

word that means confused

• bewildered

• mosaic

• rely

• dwindle

to do nothing

• bewildered

• idle

• muse

• recede

My mother ________ the importance of behaving politely.

• receded

• bewildered

• stressed

• idled

The ____ of the story was depressing.

To depend upon, trust

• recede

• submerge

• mosaic

• rely

the ability to change

• potential

• muse

• complex

• convivial

As I stared at the paintings, I _____ aloud, thinking of what it was like to live in those times.

• complex

• mused

• convivial

• pendulum

Would you like to live in a fancy house, such as a _____?

• pendulum

• villa

• muse

• idled

He asked a _____ question, but the teacher did not know the answer.

• valid

• rely

• recede

• submerge