Vocabulary Lesson 2

Hip-hop is full of clever ________, like when Lil' Wayne says "I'm a vegetarian/ Man, I only eat beats."

• serendipity

• notoriety

• word-play

• hiatus

The ________ stink of the rotten eggs spread throughout the house.

• pervasive

• commendable

• gregarious

• ingenious

The coach gave Maya a high five for her ________ work in the soccer game.

• innocuous

• pervasive

• incessant

• commendable

The ________ skier ignored the storm warnings and continued down the mountain.

• pervasive

• fatuous

• gregarious

• profuse

Jay was ________ by the surprise ending of the book.

• goaded

• foraged

• flabergasted

• commended

The fact that I found a rare, 1924 penny in a pair of thrift-store pants is a great example of the recent ________ in my life.

• word-play

• serendipity

• hiatus

• notoriety

She ________ through her closet for her favorite shoes.

• foraged

• goaded

• flabergasted

• pervaded

It was supposed to be a conversation, but Muhammad was talking so ________ that Willie couldn't get a single word in edgewise.

• incessantly

• innocuously

• ingeniously

• fatuously

They are both ________ people and enjoy hosting parties and meeting new people.

• innocuous

• commendable

• ingenious

• gregarious

The children's ________ criticisms of Thanksgiving dinner made their mother send them to bed hungry.

• fatuous

• profuse

• innocuous

• ingenious