Unit 6 Vocab Level D Test - VanderVeen 2025

In a touching scene on the steps of the Capitol, the president awarded _______ Medals of Honor to soldiers who had recently fallen in defense of the country.

• posthomuous

• bondage

• atoned

• lucid

_______ employees are likely to be well rewarded for their dedication and hard work.

• Ghastly

• Diligent

• taunt

• hew

• hamper

The tall tales about Paul Bunyan tell of his legendary ability to ___ enormous trees.

• hew

• incessant

• hamper

• superflous

• prim

The expression on the maid's face when she thought she had won the lottery turned ____ when she realized she had thrown out the winning ticket.

• defray

• diligent

• doleful

• prim

• bondage

To make up for

• tenacous

• atone

• taunt

• supplant

The penniless adventurer is a character so familiar to fiction readers that further description of the type is__________________

• ghastly

• superfluous

• intricate

• hew

• credible

When Coperniucus first presented his theory that the earth moved around the sun, few found the theory ______ because it had generally been believed that the sun and planets revolved around the earth.

• defray

• taunt

• credible

• supplant

• bondage

To help _______ the expenses that I would incur on the senior class trip to Washington, I worked as a baby-sitter.

• defray

• superfluous

• intricate

• hew

• credible

If you do not pay your bills you may remain forever in ____________ to the credit card company.

• posthomuous

• bondage

• atoned

• lucid

The ____ accident was a sobering reminder that drinking and driving can be a deadly mix.

• doleful

• incessant

• ghastly

• superflous

• prim