Vocabulary Quiz

For my sister, who is always late, being early for an appointment would constitute an ______ situation.

• normal

• abnormal

• typical

• usual

Anyone watching could see that it was our inexperience that caused us to ______ the canoe.

• capsize

• float

• steer

• row

During the Cold War, the United States did everything possible to avoid a nuclear ______.

• decrease

• catastrophe

• flourish

• incentive

The manager hopes that theft will ______ once the new security system is installed.

• increase

• flourish

• decrease

• eject

Because of a sharp ______ in sales, the company had to lay off two-thirds of its workers.

• increase

• decrease

• flourish

• incentive

The ______ senator had engaged in filibusters to block the passage of many a bill.

• disputatious

• legible

• insubordinate

• abnormal

The security guards arrived to ______ the troublesome spectator from the stands.

• flourish

• decrease

• eject

• capsize

It is fortunate for lovers of the arts that painting and opera still ______ in Italy.

• decrease

• flourish

• eject

• capsize

Because career advancement is such a strong ______, adults are usually eager and hard-working students.

• incentive

• catastrophe

• decrease

• flourish

The ______ soldier repeatedly interrupted his commanding officer.

• legible

• insubordinate

• disputatious

• abnormal