Vocabulary Sadlier Workshop Level B Unit 8

It is not a _______________ decision to go on a roller coaster right after eating seven chili cheese dogs.

• Swerve
• Disputatious
• Perjury
• Prudent

The _______________ senator was ready for a fight, as he took the senate floor to argue against the new bill.

• Simultaneous
• Disputatious
• Graphic
• Swerve

We both jumped off the couch at the same time, hitting the floor _____________.

• Simultaneous
• Disputatious
• Graphic
• Swerve

Some schools have taken away grades, while others argue that grades act as the _______________ for students to do well.

• Incentive
• Quench
• Outstrip
• Ordain

Even though it was a brutally cold winter, my garden roses _______________ in the spring.

• Nub
• Insert
• Flourish
• Incentive

The woman's perfume _______________ the office, making everyone gag.

• Pervade
• Quench
• Outstrip
• Nub

The teacher told her student to get to the _______ of the matter, letting go of minor details.

• Pervade
• Quench
• Outstrip
• Nub

Experts expect a __________ in the number of college applications this fall because many high school students are choosing to go straight into the workforce.

• Nub
• Pervade
• Outstrip
• Decrease

Gain on, overtake, pass

• Fledgling
• Insubordinate
• Melancholy
• Outstrip

Lessen, diminish, plunge

• Abnormal
• Decrease
• Outstrip
• Capsize