Vocabulary: Three Cheers for Nanny State

To protect the environment, government needs to ____________ a fine to those who throw trash outside their car.

• ban

• impose

• procrastinate

He became so angry that he was no longer ___________ .

• rational

• trivial

• imprudent

Because the acceptance rate at Harvard University is a mere 2%, the ____________ of applicants will be rejected.

• optimism

• minority

• majority

___________________ is a thief of time.

• status quo

• procrastination

• ban

It’s a complete waste of time and energy to continue to argue over such a ____________ matter.  

• principle

• trivial

• rational

The science question wanted more than a simple answer to the problem, but it wanted the student to also provide a _____________ explanation for the answer they picked.

• trivial

• imprudent

• justifiable

The increase in the bear population has caused the salmon population to _____________.

• impose

• ban

• plummet

Almost every decision the President makes is ____________, since no one ever universally agrees on anything.

• justifiable

• controversial

• trivial

Phil’s ____________ turn on the highway caused a six-car accident.

• rational

• trivial

• imprudent

The teacher tried to ___________ the students from using their cell phones, but they wouldn’t listen to her.

• ban

• forbid

• prohibit

• All of the answer choices are correct.