Vocab 4

Mark was very outspoken and an ___ believer in free speech.

• elusive

• ardent

• apathetic

• unexcited

The new rules for the written section of the GCE English exams ___ the old ones.

• override

• validate

• permit

• permeate

We had to stop and wait a full day for the snow storm to ___ before we could continue our journey up the mountain.

• ratify

• incite

• abate

• intensity

Because of the sudden ___ in value, I will never buy a brand new car.

• appreciation

• fluctuation

• inflation

• depreciation

His family is very poor, and their living conditions have always been ___.

• ardent

• colossal

• squalid

• ornate

The hiker made a/an ___ journey through the treacherous mountains.

• facile

• docile

• filial

• arduous

The purchase of our new house is ___ on how we do in the stock market next year.

• elusive

• contingent

• satiated

• pungent

Myths about the pandemic are being ___ by the media.

• perpetuated

• reducing

• dived

• exacted

The United States ___ the Hawaiian Islands on July 7, 1898.

• proffered

• yielded

• vacillated

• annexed

I've had a stressful day at work, and it's left me feeling a bit ___.

• overt

• frazzled

• unfazed

• insufferable