English III B Exam

Peter has a(n) ____ to tell people what they want to hear. As a result, he's engaged to three women.

• utopia
• propensity
• attrition
• contingency

My high-school pals and I were ____ group. We stuck together through the good times and bad.

• prolific
• bureaucratic
• cohesive
• terse

In almost any job, being unable to read is a definite _____.

• recourse
• mandate
• tenet
• liability

Felipe seems so ____ today that it's hard to believe he was close to death only two months ago.

• robust
• terse
• indigenous
• superfluous

When I asked my father if he liked my new dress, he ____, saying, "That green is a terrific color."

• inundated
• equivocated
• ostracized
• depreciated

Although Marian is open and talkative when the two of us are alone, she is ___ around other people.

• reticent
• replete
• prolific
• predisposed

At age 10, my cousin still has a ____ belief in Santa Claus. She becomes upset at any suggestion that he doesn't exist.

• sedentary
• tenacious
• tantamount
• nebulous

The math instructor ____ his explanation fo the problem several times because his students were having difficulty understanding it.

• depreciated
• reiterated
• exonerated
• circumvented

Because of the ____ nature of drug dealing, it is very difficult to stop.

• terse
• clandestine
• solicitous
• fortuitous

The table at the coffee shop was wobbly, and the muffins were hard as rocks. So we used one of the muffins to ___ the short leg of the table.

• inundate
• exonerate
• bolster
• depreciate