Vocabulary Quiz 4

From the positive reports of all ten exchange students in the program, we can _______ that future exchange students will also have a positive experience.

• subjugate

• transcend

• extrapolate

• transgress

Letitia knew that in college _______ would be her worst enemy.

• piety

• procrastination

• levitation

• enmity

The doctor reported that the _______ of white blood cells was a response to the medication.

• legibility

• propensity

• laceration

• proliferation

After years of war, the people of the two nations felt only mistrust and _______ for each other.

• enmity

• viability

• propensity

• obfuscation

When the judge learned that the man was suing his neighbor because leaves from the trees next door had blown onto his lawn, he tossed out the _______ lawsuit.

• ingenious

• extravagant

• frivolous

• subservient

Several council members questioned the _______ of the proposal to build a bypass around the town because of strong public opinion against it.

• proliferation

• piety

• enmity

• viability

The manufacturer makes an _______ claim for the product; the label says it will allow any bald man to grow back a full head of hair.

• opportune

• extravagant

• inept

• ingenious

If you _______ the rule about staying out after 11:00 P.M., you will be grounded.

• intersperse

• transgress

• transcend

• extrapolate

Circle the letter of the correct definition for the vocabulary word: obfuscation.

• elimination

• confusion

• delay

• obstruction

Circle the letter of the correct definition for the vocabulary word: inept.

• closed

• clumsy

• pushy

• narrow