Building vocab skills, ch. 28

During History class, an argument or _________ broke out about the cause of the US Civil War.

• controversy

• deduction

• sequence

• trivial

The investigator examined the evidence and made a _________ about who committed the crime.

• controversy

• deduction

• dominant

• sequence

Before we decide how much lumber to purchase, we must know the room's ___________.

• trivial

• deduction

• dominant

• dimensions

When the police arrived at the scene, the unruly crowd began to ____________.

• treacherous

• sequence

• disperse

• distort

The pain from her broken leg could be seen on her face, which was __________.

• distorted

• dominant

• treacherous

• trivial

Although he could throw a ball with either hand, his left hand was clearly __________.

• controversy

• sophisticated

• dominant

• trivial

Numbers in an combination lock must be turned in a particular ________.

• distort

• dimension

• deduction

• sequence

Just because you grew up in a small town, does not mean that you cannot become _________.

• trivial

• sophisticated

• disperse

• treacherous

Having all agreed not to tell mother about the broken vase, we found our brother's disclosure about it to her to be particularly _____________.

• dominant

• treacherous

• sophisticated

• sequence

The color of the applicant's hair was not important; in fact, it was _________.

• sequence

• dominant

• sophisticated

• trivial