Vocab. The Lottery

As more people entered the ________________, the chances of winning became slimmer and slimmer.

• tradition

• paraphernalia

• lottery

• ritual

Careful students give their homework more than a ________________ review before giving it to the teacher.

• perfunctory

• tradition

• ritual

• lottery

We packed all the football ________________ into the trunk, including jerseys, helmets, and footballs.

• tradition

• paraphernalia

• ritual

• lottery

No one could remember how the ________________ started, but all we knew was that the holiday began with the washing of hands.

• tradition

• lottery

• paraphernalia

• perfunctory

Groundhog Day is a ________________ that predicts when spring weather will arrive each year.

• lottery

• ritual

• paraphernalia

• perfunctory