Vocabulary Quiz Week 6 - 11th

Is there any other crime in history as ____________ as the attempt of the Nazis to annihilate the so-called "inferior" racial groups.

• surreptitious

• heinous

• insurgents

• cajole

• disabuse

The ____________ way in which they planned the robbery shows that they were aware of its illegal character.

• surreptitious

• fetter

• anomalous

• aspersion

• bizarre

Although the ____________ were defeated by the government's forces, a small group escaped into the mountains, where they kept the spirit of rebellion alive.

• surreptitious

• heinous

• insurgents

• cajole

• demagogue

The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln once and for all broke the ____________ that bound Southern blacks to a live of slavery and servitude.

• vicarious

• fetters

• demagogue

• ennui

• sinecure

I wasn't sure I could trust a professor who believed in all kinds of __________ things like monsters, aliens, and the supernatural.

• contrive

• ennui

• bizarre

• cajoled

• vicarious

His endless talk about himself and his interests is so boring all it produces is __________ in his companions.

• contrive

• ennui

• bizarre

• insurgent

• castigate

Although most of us lead a quiet, boring sort of life, we can all get a ____________thrill from the achievements of astronauts.

• surreptitious

• heinous

• insurgents

• vicarious

• aspersion

I find it hard to understand how they were able to ____________ such an elaborately underhanded scheme in so short a time.

• contrive

• disabuse

• fetter

• heinous

• castigate

Resorting to rather farfetched promises, I finally ____________ Tina into going to the prom with me.

• contrive

• ennui

• bizarre

• cajoled

• transgress

At the very outset of the term, I urged you to ____________ yourself of the idea that you can pass this course without hard, regular work.

• cajoled

• disabuse

• unwieldy

• scathing

• anomalous