Freshman Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 8

sticking or holding together; unified

• cohesive

• grievous

• oblivious

• reticent

The driver continued into the intersection, apparently ___ to the fact that the light had turned red.

• cohesive

• grievous

• oblivious

• robust

to authorize, allow, or approve

• circumvent

• inundate

• sanction

• vocifereous

If we take this roundabout route, we can ___ the rush-hour traffic and get home early.

• circumvent

• inundate

• robust

• sanction

to cover, as by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount

• circumvent

• inundate

• reticent

• sanction

Once an energetic, ___ man, Mr. Rand has been considerably weakened by illness.

• cohesive

• grievous

• oblivious

• robust

a gradual natural decrease in number; becoming fewer in number

• attrition

• cohesive

• oblivious

• reticent

The death of a beloved pet is a ___ loss for a child.

• cohesive

• grievous

• oblivious

• reticent

quiet or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out

• cohesive

• grievous

• oblivious

• reticent

When male loons sense that their territory is being invaded, they give ___ cries of challenge.

• oblivious

• reticent

• robust

• vociferous