Vocabulary Power Plus Book G

The word most synonymous with improvise is

• undermine

• refuse

• libel

• repress

• concoct

The guard tried to _____ the weapon from the hand of the bank robber.

• hurtle

• belittle

• preclude

• wrest

• enunciate

The nations lived in _____ until the war made everyone enemies.

• crux

• amity

• paradox

• preclude

• guise

viable plan must be _____ enough to withstand changes and criticism.

• bizarre

• stagnate

• durable

• vapid

• terrestrial

If a singer continuously fails to provide dynamic performances, then his or her career will

• stagnate

• eavesdrop

• disperse

• loiter

• irk

Police asked curious bystanders not to _____ around the scene of the accident.

• ratify

• quibble

• deduce

• loiter

• rampart

With great _____, Mrs. Machen explained that students who don't study for tests often fail them.

• taut

• candor

• ethical

• rampart

• subordinate

The classroom was chilly, so Sue sat at the desk _____ to the heater.

• subordinate

• candor

• adjacent

• taut

• acute

The doctor will _____ the patient's record before prescribing any medication.

• subordinate

• scrutinize

• ratify

• taut

• deduce

If interest in the show wanes, then the people in the crowd are likely to

• wallow

• ratify

• disperse

• pommel

• bungle