Reading Vocabulary

Question 1

In spite of his size, he was so _____ that we tended to forget he was even in the room.

Accepted Answer

taciturn

Question 2

In my opinion, there is absolutely no justification for making such ____ distinctions between the two types of conflict.

Accepted Answer

invidious

Question 3

A university mistakenly told 5,500 students what this week?

Accepted Answer

They won huge scholarships

Question 4

In any crisis, the longer a person ______(es), the greater the danger is likely to become.

Accepted Answer

temporize

Question 5

The Omicron variant has dampened the plans of tens of millions of people celebrating what?

Accepted Answer

Lunar New Year

Question 6

I doubt very much that he can _______ his assertion that he won two gold medals in the Olympics.

Accepted Answer

substantiate

Question 7

The military seized power in Burkina Faso last week, ousting the country’s president. Where is Burkina Faso?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 8

Justice _______announced their retirement this week upon the confirmation of his/her successor.

Accepted Answer

Stephen G. Breyer

Question 9

I would rather work at the most menial, ill-paying job than to be the recipient of the government's ______.

Accepted Answer

largesse

Question 10

After hurtling through space for seven years, a piece of SpaceX is expected to crash into ?? , leaving a 65-foot crater.

Accepted Answer

the dark side of the moon

Question 11

Beginning in 2024, the SAT will do what amid questions about whether college admissions tests are fair or necessary.

Accepted Answer

go completely digital

Question 12

__________said it would add a “content advisory” notice to virus-related content.

Accepted Answer

Spotify

Question 13

How can we "meet them halfway" when they are so ____ in their opposition to what we propose to do?

Accepted Answer

intransigent

Question 14

I don't object to the inclusion of anecdotes in serious literature, but they should at least be ____ to the subject.

Accepted Answer

germane

Question 15

A school board in Tennessee voted unanimously in January to ban “Maus,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about ???

Accepted Answer

the Holocaust

Question 16

As a result of recent research, earlier theories about the origin of the universe are no longer _____.

Accepted Answer

tenable

Question 17

This image accompanied a news article this week. What was the article about?

Accepted Answer

a chunk of ice from one of the biggest glaciers melted off the coast of GA

Question 18

Why did Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens both failed to make the Baseball Hall of Week this week?

Accepted Answer

use of performance-enhancing drugs

Question 19

The novel contains an interesting study of a miser's _____ lust for gold.

Accepted Answer

insatiable

Question 20

The purpose of the military _____ remains the same whether cavalry or helicoptors are used.

Accepted Answer

reconnaissance

Questions 20