Vocabulary Test 3

The mule tried to __________ at the command of the wagon driver.

• advocate

• balk

• bolster

• convert

Damian was ________ when he won first prize.

• convert

• efficient

• jubilant

• cynic

Known as the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan was famous for his __________.

• corruption

• eloquence

• jubilant

• cynic

The lawyer agreed to _________ for the wrongly accused man.

• advocate

• balk

• bolster

• intimidate

Because she was ________, Rosie finished her work long before anyone else

• cynic

• efficient

• jubilant

• convert

The smell of brownies baking was enough to ________ the toddler's motivation to finish his dinner.

• convert

• inflict

• intimidate

• bolster

"King wanted to protest the injustices and inhumanities being ______ on blacks." (Excerpt from Freedom Walkers, p. 136)

• advocated

• bolstered

• inflicted

• intimidated

Although the farmer tried to _____ the mule with threats, the animal refused to cooperate.

• inflict

• intimidate

• convert

• bolster

I'm too much of a(n) _____ to believe that he'll keep his promise.

• advocate

• convert

• jubilant

• cynic

Paul Bunyan's parents had to _____ the barn into a nursery for him.

• convert

• efficient

• advocate

• balk