WorksheetsVocabulary Unit 4 review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
The thieves who ___________ with several of the museum's most valuable paintings have never been found.
incinerated
absconded
fated
rectified
__________ to information on a seemingly unlimited number of topics is available over the Internet.
Larceny
Arduous
Access
Anarchy
In the final days of a war, civilians may find themselves living in ________.
auspicious
precipice
prototype
anarchy
No matter how carefully you plan for it, moving to a new home is an ________ chore.
arduous
pliant
hoodwink
daunt
My parents describe the day that they first met as a most _____ occasion.
auspicious
intrepid
fated
inanimate
Despite all its inherent dangers, space flight did not _____ the Mercury program astronauts.
daunt
hoodwink
abscond
disentangle
Rescuers worked for hours to _______ a whale from the fishing net wrapped around its jaws.
disentangle
incinerate
rectify
revile
The tragic outcome of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is _____ from the play's very first scene.
fated
access
auspicious
reprieve
Many sweepstakes offers _______ people into thinking they have already won big prizes.
hoodwink
larceny
daunt
prototype
Although fossils are __________, they hold many clues to life on Earth millions of years ago.
inanimate
anarchy
auspicious
precipice
Because of environmental concerns, many cities and towns no longer _________ their garbage.
incinerate
arduous
revile
pompous
________ Polynesian sailors in outrigger canoes were the first humans to reach the Hawaiian Islands.
Intrepid
Pliant
Arduous
Pompous
Someone who steals property that is worth thousands of dollars commits grand ________.
larceny
hoodwink
anarchy
reprieve
The _______ branches of the sapling sagged but did not break under the weight of the heavy snow.
pliant
access
revile
precipice
Political cartoonists like nothing better than to mock _______ public officials.
pompous
intrepid
auspicious
pliant
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world hovered on the ____ of nuclear war.
precipice
prototype
reprieve
access
The assembly line managers studied the _____ of the new car for weeks before production began.
prototype
precipice
fated
larceny
The senators debated a series of measures designed to ______ the nation's trade imbalance.
rectify
reprieve
access
daunt
A vacation is a kind of __________ from the cares and responsibilities of everyday life.
reprieve
prototype
hoodwink
pliant
The enraged King Lear ____ the daughters who have cast him out into a fierce storm.
reviles
absconds
intrepid
disentangles
