Refugee Voc 2b

Napoleon was a powerful leader that led a revolution, yet he was _____ in size.

• squalid

• wispy

• diminutive

• ominous

The Sargent was heard _____ the soldiers that had missed their duty.

• berating

• quivering

• gawking

• sluicing

Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" features the lines

"And miles to go before I sleep"

"And miles to go before I sleep"

This is an example of a _____.

• curt

• refrain

• respite

• throng

The tanker headed toward Isabel and her family's boat was a ______ ship.

• behemoth

• squalid

• wispy

• curt

People who live in third world countries tend to live in _____ conditions.

• behemoth

• respite

• diminutive

• squalid

"He wished for a short _____ from swimming, just a moment to sit without working his arms and legs."

• pandemonium

• throng

• respite

• sluicing

1970's hairstyles called for FINE AND FEATHERY bangs.

• ominous

• wispy

• throng

• curt

Someone threw a bottle onto the soccer field, and _____ broke out in front of the goal.

• quivering

• gawking

• sluicing

• pandemonium

After being lectured by the principal, the guilty students returned _____ to class.

• solemnly

• diminutive

• gawking

• refrain

The lights of the city began to _____ as we drove out of town.

• solemnly

• dwindled

• squalid

• curt