CCR: "War of the Worlds" Broadcast vocabulary

Which word completes every sentence below?

A ? is a risky undertaking. If your latest ? is a dog food store, you hope there are some hungry dogs around. Also, to ? is to go somewhere possibly dangerous, like if you ? out into a snowstorm.

• conjecture

• venture

• scrutinize

• rile

As for the Delaware, it was a handy dumping ground for anything and everything—household and human waste, manufacturing rubbish, and debris from the hundreds of ships that visited the city every year.

Which context clue is NOT tied to RUBBISH?

• waste

• debris

• dumping

• ships

"All we have is ?. This is the queen's beloved brother we mean to accuse. She will not take it kindly. We must have proof, or forever keep silenf."

• conjecture

• rubbish

• scrutinize

• rile

Which word completes every sentence below?

Someone who is on a ? quest for the world’s tastiest French fry will never stop searching until they find it, in all its greasy glory. ? is an adjective that means “never-ending” or “uninterrupted.”

• furtive

• ceaseless

• listless

• rile

Sohrab looked down at his feet, but kept stealing shy, ? glances at me.

• furtive

• ceaseless

• listless

• rile

It was hard for Charles to concentrate on work with Annie being ? and weak, so unlike her usual energetic, engaged, cheerful self.

• furtive

• ceaseless

• listless

• authoritative

Her voice, loud and ? , demanded, “Where is my nephew?”

• furtive

• ceaseless

• transient

• authoritative

? is an adjective to describe a person or thing that's impulsive and unpredictable, like a bride who suddenly leaves her groom standing at the wedding altar.

• transient

• capricious

• listless

• ethereal

Some residents can trace their families back generations; others are transient, moving every time they get a new job.

Which context clue ties to TRANSIENT

• generations

• moving

• job

• family

Which word completes every sentence below?

? is very different from glancing or gazing. It's even more than a long, hard look. To ? something, you have to look at it really critically, investigating every nook and cranny.

• furtive

• affiliate

• embed

• scrutinize