English Quiz 10

The ______ of gold in them thar hills, brought many immigrants to California.

Walking out on the empty stage and speaking the opening lines of the play seemed_____ difficulty to the young actors

• allure

• vanguard

• insuperable

• wastrel

Anyone who spends hours, days, and weeks just hanging around is a _____ with the precious thing we have time.

• vanguard

• insuperable

• sonorous

• askew

The definition for producing sound

• profess

• sonorous

• retribution

• exponents

incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved.

• askew

• allure

• profess

• insuperable

a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas.

• respite

• askew

• vanguard

• retribution

Claim that one has (a quality or feeling) especially when this is not the case

• crestfallen

• profess

• garrulous

• sonorous

Brought low in spirit, deflated, dejected

• coveted

• crestfallen

• sonorous

• respite

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

• sinuous

• retribution

• garrulous

• askew

Means lopsided, or turned and tilted to the side.

• covet

• profess

• sonorous

• askew