VPP4C

The author hoped her new book would receive more _____ than criticism.

• acclaim
• trepidation
• solicitude
• fanatic

To th delight of the owners, critics _____ the new restaurant.

• acclaimed
• repudiated
• illuminated
• ebbed

Two _____ children emerged from the wreckage of the house after the mudslide.

• bedraggled
• perceptive
• haphazard
• cryptic

The treasure hunter spent a lifetime trying to understand the _____ text on the back of the map.

• cryptic
• bedraggled
• perceptive
• haphazard

A(n) _____ in viewer interest caused the network to cancel the once-popular show.

• ebb
• waif
• solicitude
• legacy

The company nearly went bankrupt when demand for the product _____.

• ebbed
• tainted
• maimed
• illuminated

The fitness _____ sustains himself on protein shakes and clads himself in athletic apparel everyday, whether he exercises or not.

• fanatic
• acclaim
• trepidation
• solicitude

It is dangerous to walk in the outlying areas because of the _____ placement of landmines during previous conflicts.

• haphazard
• cryptic
• bedraggled
• perceptive

He _____ the cabin by hanging a lantern from the ceiling.

• illuminated
• acclaimed
• repudiated
• ebbed

The psychologist _____ some possible reasons for the young man's disruptive behavior.

• illuminated
• ebbed
• tainted
• maimed