Vocabulary Quiz 1 – Clearly mark the best response. 4 points each, no partial credit.

1. In an effort to __________ Steve’s concerns about the test, the teacher __________ to him the secret that there would an unannounced study session the day before.

a. denounce…condemn

b. assuage…divulged

c. disperse…daunted

d. placate…dispersed

2. Much to the __________ of her health, Susan insisted upon __________ to a regimen of soda pop and Sweet Tarts to get her through exam week.

a. detriment…adhering

b. deprecation…bolstering

c. defamation…disclosing

d. ascension…disseminating

3. He was a __________ man, with a strong _________ to anything conciliatory.

a. abstruse…avarice

b. cynical…altruism

c. articulate…resistance

d. belligerent…aversion

4. Far be it from me to ___________ our school system, but something must be done about the __________ way we use time.

a. condemn…depraved

b. corroborate…despondent

c. disparage…archaic

d. disclose…arid

5. With it lush forests and damp climate, the rain forests of the Amazon are a perfect __________ to the ___________ environment of the Sahara Desert.

a. avarice…arable

b. antithesis…arid

c. deprecation…austere

d. antithesis…arable

6. By having such a diverse and _________ curriculum, our school may be causing stress by creating the __________ schedules faced by students.

a. eclectic…daunting

b. eccentric…duplicitous

c. autonomous…antiquated

d. abstruse…ambivalent