Chapter 9
201. When Melinda arrived in the impoverished city, she was
immediately ______ by bands of children begging for food.
a. bedraggled
b. accosted
c. infiltrated
d. rebuked
e. exacerbated
202. According to the terms of the agreement, if Nicole defaulted on
her loan, she would have to ______ her house and car, both which
would become property of the bank.
a. usurp
b. evince
c. debut
d. forfeit
e. stigmatize
203. Tony was tired of roommate's petty ______ about his personal life,
so he moved out.
a. appeasements
b. quips
c. quotas
d. rallies
e. iniquities
204. The food at the buffet table was a ______ array of delights that
even the most disciplined dieter would find difficult to resist.
a. tempestuous
b. tantamount
c. truculent
d. temporal
e. tantalizing
205. After fighting the five-alarm fire, the ______ firefighter could not
relax enough to unwind and get some rest.
a. amicable
b. treacherous
c. pliable
d. durable
e. overwrought
206. For years Henry bore the ______ of being the only man in five
generations of his family not to make the varsity baseball team.
a. stigma
b. brunt
c. treatise
d. scintillation
e. punctiliousness
207. Tabitha found an overpriced dining table at the antique shop and
tried to ______ with the shopkeeper, but he refused to lower the
price.
a. haggle
b. stipulate
c. annunciate
d. ruminate
e. confer
208. The firefighter was ______ in the news for his heroic rescue of a
child from a burning house.
a. mandated
b. inferred
c. reconstituted
d. augmented
e. lauded
209. Although she was on a diet, Hannah intended to ______ in the
feast of Thanksgiving.
a. dilate
b. enervate
c. expunge
d. nullify
e. partake
210. The villagers locked their doors when they heard about the pirates
who were ______ unprotected villages along the island's coastline.
a. reforming
b. marauding
c. reclaiming
d. conceding
e. recapitulating
211. I could tell by Angelica's ______ tone that she was still very angry
with me.
a. ingratiating
b. adjacent
c. oblique
d. acerbic
e. eloquent
212. After years of living at a(n) ______ pace, Paola decided it was time
to slow down and learn how to relax.
a. frenetic
b. pedestrian
c. pretentious
d. colloquial
e. insipid
213. The hospital had an outbreak of chicken pox and was forced to
______ all patients and staff to prevent more infected victims.
a. clandestine
b. saturate
c. germinate
d. quarantine
e. aggregate
214. Living on several acres of land dotted with oak and maple trees
makes autumn leaf-raking a ______ task.
a. fatuous
b. toilsome
c. tardy
d. obsequious
e. fawning
215. Acting in the high school play served to ______ Ander's appetite
for professional acting.
a. satiate
b. whet
c. purport
d. incriminate
e. corral
216. It would take many hours of cleaning and repairing for the young
family to transform the ______ into a clean and comfortable little
cottage.
a. territory
b. manor
c. hovel
d. demesne
e. hacienda
217. Ms. Lu allowed her son a great deal of ______ in spending his
birthday money, because she believed it should be his decision.
a. injunction
b. assimilation
c. latitude
d. declamation
e. stimulus
218. It was once believed that alchemists could ______ common metals
to gold.
a. transmute
b. commute
c. execute
d. repute
e. denote
219. The close-up of the actor drinking the popular brand of cola in the
movie was a ______ display of commercialism.
a. dispassionate
b. languid
c. apathetic
d. gratuitous
e. unpunctual
220. Juneod was ______ after his alibi proved that he could not have
committed the crime.
a. acquitted
b. protracted
c. derided
d. denounced
e. acquainted
221. This summer's movies are ______ for audiences of escape-the-heat
mindless entertainment—not one film offers a substantive or even
plausible plot.
a. privation
b. dulcet
c. jargon
d. fodder
e. germane
222. The dictator used propaganda and intimidation to ______ the
revolution.
a. prelude
b. intimate
c. congregate
d. irradiate
e. quell
223. Standing on the ______, the preacher greeted the parishioners
every Sunday morning.
a. steeple
b. pillar
c. parvis
d. manifestation
e. sensor
224. Simona's ______ with her money caught up with her when she
didn't have the resources to buy a badly needed new car.
a. miserliness
b. thriftiness
c. wantonness
d. intuition
e. predilection
225. The architect designed the ceiling using wood ______ that would
remain uncovered, creating a rustic ambience in the living room.
a. pediments
b. joists
c. mullions
d. banisters
e. abutments
Answers
201. b. To accost (v.) means to approach and speak to someone, usually
in a bold and aggressive manner as with a demand.
202. d. To forfeit (v.) means to be deprived of or lose the right to by the
act of a crime, offense, fault, breach, or error.
203. b. A quip (n.) is a sarcastic or cutting jest; a witty remark.
204. e. Tantalizing (adj.) means tempting, attractive, often via the
senses.
205. e. Overwrought (adj.) means labored to excess; anxious, agitated.
206. a. Stigma means a mark of infamy or token of disgrace.
207. a. To haggle (v.) means to bargain, such as over a price, or dispute
in a petty way; to wrangle.
208. e. To laud (v.) is to praise, honor, or glorify.
209. e. To partake (v.) is to have a share or take part.
210. b. To maraud (v.) is to rove and raid in quest of plunder.
211. d. Acerbic (adj.) means sour or bitter in taste; sharp or biting in
tone, character, or expression.
212. a. Frenetic (adj.) means wildly excited or agitated, frenzied, frantic.
213. d. To quarantine (v.) means to restrict the entrance to and exit from
any place under observation for infectious disease.
214. b. Toilsome (adj.) means laborious or hard work.
215. b. To whet (v.) means to make more keen or eager.
216. c. A hovel (n.) is a small crude house; a filthy or disorganized hut
or shed.
217. c. Latitude (n.) is freedom from normal limitations or restraints in
conduct; an angular distance from a plane of reference.
218. a. To transmute (v.) means to change in nature, substance, or form.
219. d. Gratuitous (adj.) means unjustified or unnecessary; of no cost.
220. a. To acquit (v.) means to free or clear from an accusation or
charge; to release or discharge from a duty, obligation, or debt;
to behave oneself in a certain manner.
221. d. Fodder (n.) is a consumable, often inferior resource or item, high
in demand and usually abundant in supply.
222. e. To quell (v.) means to cease or suppress.
223. c. A parvis (n.) is the porch or area before a building (as a church).
224. c. Wantonness (n.) means recklessness; bawdy; merciless.
225. b. Joist (n.) is a small, horizontal beam that supports a ceiling or
floor, usually made of wood, reinforced concrete, or steel.
201. When Melinda arrived in the impoverished city, she was
immediately ______ by bands of children begging for food.
a. bedraggled
b. accosted
c. infiltrated
d. rebuked
e. exacerbated
202. According to the terms of the agreement, if Nicole defaulted on
her loan, she would have to ______ her house and car, both which
would become property of the bank.
a. usurp
b. evince
c. debut
d. forfeit
e. stigmatize
203. Tony was tired of roommate's petty ______ about his personal life,
so he moved out.
a. appeasements
b. quips
c. quotas
d. rallies
e. iniquities
204. The food at the buffet table was a ______ array of delights that
even the most disciplined dieter would find difficult to resist.
a. tempestuous
b. tantamount
c. truculent
d. temporal
e. tantalizing
205. After fighting the five-alarm fire, the ______ firefighter could not
relax enough to unwind and get some rest.
a. amicable
b. treacherous
c. pliable
d. durable
e. overwrought
206. For years Henry bore the ______ of being the only man in five
generations of his family not to make the varsity baseball team.
a. stigma
b. brunt
c. treatise
d. scintillation
e. punctiliousness
207. Tabitha found an overpriced dining table at the antique shop and
tried to ______ with the shopkeeper, but he refused to lower the
price.
a. haggle
b. stipulate
c. annunciate
d. ruminate
e. confer
208. The firefighter was ______ in the news for his heroic rescue of a
child from a burning house.
a. mandated
b. inferred
c. reconstituted
d. augmented
e. lauded
209. Although she was on a diet, Hannah intended to ______ in the
feast of Thanksgiving.
a. dilate
b. enervate
c. expunge
d. nullify
e. partake
210. The villagers locked their doors when they heard about the pirates
who were ______ unprotected villages along the island's coastline.
a. reforming
b. marauding
c. reclaiming
d. conceding
e. recapitulating
211. I could tell by Angelica's ______ tone that she was still very angry
with me.
a. ingratiating
b. adjacent
c. oblique
d. acerbic
e. eloquent
212. After years of living at a(n) ______ pace, Paola decided it was time
to slow down and learn how to relax.
a. frenetic
b. pedestrian
c. pretentious
d. colloquial
e. insipid
213. The hospital had an outbreak of chicken pox and was forced to
______ all patients and staff to prevent more infected victims.
a. clandestine
b. saturate
c. germinate
d. quarantine
e. aggregate
214. Living on several acres of land dotted with oak and maple trees
makes autumn leaf-raking a ______ task.
a. fatuous
b. toilsome
c. tardy
d. obsequious
e. fawning
215. Acting in the high school play served to ______ Ander's appetite
for professional acting.
a. satiate
b. whet
c. purport
d. incriminate
e. corral
216. It would take many hours of cleaning and repairing for the young
family to transform the ______ into a clean and comfortable little
cottage.
a. territory
b. manor
c. hovel
d. demesne
e. hacienda
217. Ms. Lu allowed her son a great deal of ______ in spending his
birthday money, because she believed it should be his decision.
a. injunction
b. assimilation
c. latitude
d. declamation
e. stimulus
218. It was once believed that alchemists could ______ common metals
to gold.
a. transmute
b. commute
c. execute
d. repute
e. denote
219. The close-up of the actor drinking the popular brand of cola in the
movie was a ______ display of commercialism.
a. dispassionate
b. languid
c. apathetic
d. gratuitous
e. unpunctual
220. Juneod was ______ after his alibi proved that he could not have
committed the crime.
a. acquitted
b. protracted
c. derided
d. denounced
e. acquainted
221. This summer's movies are ______ for audiences of escape-the-heat
mindless entertainment—not one film offers a substantive or even
plausible plot.
a. privation
b. dulcet
c. jargon
d. fodder
e. germane
222. The dictator used propaganda and intimidation to ______ the
revolution.
a. prelude
b. intimate
c. congregate
d. irradiate
e. quell
223. Standing on the ______, the preacher greeted the parishioners
every Sunday morning.
a. steeple
b. pillar
c. parvis
d. manifestation
e. sensor
224. Simona's ______ with her money caught up with her when she
didn't have the resources to buy a badly needed new car.
a. miserliness
b. thriftiness
c. wantonness
d. intuition
e. predilection
225. The architect designed the ceiling using wood ______ that would
remain uncovered, creating a rustic ambience in the living room.
a. pediments
b. joists
c. mullions
d. banisters
e. abutments
Answers
201. b. To accost (v.) means to approach and speak to someone, usually
in a bold and aggressive manner as with a demand.
202. d. To forfeit (v.) means to be deprived of or lose the right to by the
act of a crime, offense, fault, breach, or error.
203. b. A quip (n.) is a sarcastic or cutting jest; a witty remark.
204. e. Tantalizing (adj.) means tempting, attractive, often via the
senses.
205. e. Overwrought (adj.) means labored to excess; anxious, agitated.
206. a. Stigma means a mark of infamy or token of disgrace.
207. a. To haggle (v.) means to bargain, such as over a price, or dispute
in a petty way; to wrangle.
208. e. To laud (v.) is to praise, honor, or glorify.
209. e. To partake (v.) is to have a share or take part.
210. b. To maraud (v.) is to rove and raid in quest of plunder.
211. d. Acerbic (adj.) means sour or bitter in taste; sharp or biting in
tone, character, or expression.
212. a. Frenetic (adj.) means wildly excited or agitated, frenzied, frantic.
213. d. To quarantine (v.) means to restrict the entrance to and exit from
any place under observation for infectious disease.
214. b. Toilsome (adj.) means laborious or hard work.
215. b. To whet (v.) means to make more keen or eager.
216. c. A hovel (n.) is a small crude house; a filthy or disorganized hut
or shed.
217. c. Latitude (n.) is freedom from normal limitations or restraints in
conduct; an angular distance from a plane of reference.
218. a. To transmute (v.) means to change in nature, substance, or form.
219. d. Gratuitous (adj.) means unjustified or unnecessary; of no cost.
220. a. To acquit (v.) means to free or clear from an accusation or
charge; to release or discharge from a duty, obligation, or debt;
to behave oneself in a certain manner.
221. d. Fodder (n.) is a consumable, often inferior resource or item, high
in demand and usually abundant in supply.
222. e. To quell (v.) means to cease or suppress.
223. c. A parvis (n.) is the porch or area before a building (as a church).
224. c. Wantonness (n.) means recklessness; bawdy; merciless.
225. b. Joist (n.) is a small, horizontal beam that supports a ceiling or
floor, usually made of wood, reinforced concrete, or steel.
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