Vocabulary Power Test Unit 1

The police wondered about the man's _______ for committing the crime.

• apathy

• motive

• providence

• diction

You'll have to improve your _______ if you want people to understand what you are saying.

• diction

• burden

• asset

• exhibit

Only a _____ person would tell a stranger his credit card number.

• paternal

• naive

• portable

• visible

The photographers waited for the groundhog to _____ from his hole.

• deport

• propel

• provide

• emerge

Because she couldn't change the judge's decision, Shelley became _______ to it.

• divulged

• prescribed

• resigned

• neglected

I'll write down the message if you _____ it slowly and clearly for me.

• propel

• dictate

• comply

• exhibit

The company president explained that the new factory would _____ compact discs.

• dictate

• exhibit

• propel

• manufacture

I could see the stage all right, but the _______ quality was poor.

• exotic

• auditory

• propel

• agile

The congresswoman pounded the table and stated that she would never _____ to raising taxes for the poorest taxpayers.

• consent

• dissent

• dictate

• prescribe

Will made all the decisions for the chess club like a (an) _____, without asking anyone else's opinion.

• burden

• dictator

• asset

• exhibit