Book D Voc 5 exercise

Question 1

We must get rid of any hidden or ______ prejudices we hold against other races & nationalities.

Accepted Answer

latent

Question 2

Being fluent in French & Spanish should _____ your ability to get a job at the UN.

Accepted Answer

facilitate

Question 3

Will our society _____ to the weaknesses that have destroyed other nations?

Accepted Answer

succumb

Question 4

If you treat your sibling in an unkind manner, you will receive a _____ from you parents.

Accepted Answer

reprimand

Question 5

The brook _____ along its rocky course as if conversing with the murmuring wind.

Accepted Answer

prattled

Question 6

On summer Fridays, urban sun worshippers begin their weekly ______ around 3 pm.

Accepted Answer

exodus

Question 7

While his ____ acted as decoys, he attempted to steal the candy.

Accepted Answer

accomplices

Question 8

For many starving people in the world, finding food has become the ____ concern of life.

Accepted Answer

paramount

Question 9

Students who are _____ never give any assignment more than a "lick & a promise."

Accepted Answer

slapdash

Question 10

The serfs were in ____ to the lord of the castle.

Accepted Answer

servitude

Question 11

The best way to ____ the argument that something is impossible--is to go out & do it!

Accepted Answer

rebut

Question 12

The explanation was not clear at all; it was confusing and ______.

Accepted Answer

opaque

Question 13

With our more experienced players, we ____ their team: 20 to 1.

Accepted Answer

annihilated

Question 14

The punctuation rules should not be considered purely _______.

Accepted Answer

arbitrary

Question 15

______, disgusted with the government's policies, took to the streets to protest his election.

Accepted Answer

Militants

Question 16

I worried that the toddler's ____ would continue to distract us during the movie.

Accepted Answer

prattle

Question 17

Unemployment is high because the economy is not growing; it is _____.

Accepted Answer

stagnant

Question 18

The silence was shattered by the _____ voices of the bold, braying trumpets.

Accepted Answer

brazen

Question 19

Many free adults are actually in ___ to their own addictions, prejudices and sins.

Accepted Answer

servitude

Question 20

He has deceived me so many times and will not stop. He is _____!

Accepted Answer

incorrigible

Question 21

Sometimes the U. S. Senate will ____ a member for violating the rules.

Accepted Answer

reprimand

Question 22

Military disasters during WWI were the _______ that sparked the 1917 Russian Revolution.

Accepted Answer

catalyst

Question 23

He is always dejected; I guess he has a ____ personality.

Accepted Answer

morose

Question 24

After gathering the evidence, it then became ____ for the police to find the perpetrators.

Accepted Answer

paramount

Book D Voc 5 exercise

Questions 24

Book D Voc 5 exercise

Questions 24