Sadlier Unit 6 Quiz Review (Level G)

A judge may become ______ when an attorney persists in making numerous petty objections.

• indubitable

• moot

• testy

• sylvan

A couple who have just met and like each other may make _____ conversation because they feel self-conscious.

• plenary

• abject

• inane

• intermittent

Though I'm normally a fairly even-tempered sort of guy, I can become surprisingly _____ when I'm tired or frustrated.

• inane

• testy

• derelict

• agnostic

The tribes of the eastern woodlands developed a unique culture that deeply reflected their connection to their _____ environment.

• agnostic

• sylvan

• testy

• inane

No other detective in fiction can rival the _____ of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

• surveillance

• perspicacity

• equity

• complicity

In the "Legend of the Grand Inquisitor," Ivan Karamazov delivers a long _____ that somewhat intemperately rejects the conventional interpretation of life put forward by the Orthodox Church.

• motif

• diatribe

• complicity

• travesty

His strong religious beliefs were in stark contrast to the _____ views of his closest friends.

• derelict

• abject

• agnostic

• testy

Many antique quilts make use of geometric _____ such as diamonds and triangles.

• motifs

• equities

• agnostics

• indictments

Long after the ship was wrecked in a storm, she remained half-submerged in the harbor, a wretched _____ that became an eyesore.

• derelict

• effigy

• indictment

• motif

For months we excused his mistakes as being those of a(n) _____, but by now he should know better.

• effigy

• agnostic

• neophyte

• motif