Week 1 Vocab and Sentence Structure Review

My cat has an _____ for small, dark hiding places----I've often found her asleep in my dresser drawer, under the footstool, and inside my suitcase.

• fledgling

• affinity

• hackneyed

• incessant

Denise chose a wedding dress in a "Cinderella" style, with a long, _____ skirt. Now she's worried she'' trip over all those yards of material.

• voluminous

• incessant

• proximity

• sagacious

"my opponent may try to attack me," said the candidate, "but my record is _____. On every issue, I've voted for the benefit of this city."

• affinity

• voluminous

• unassailable

• incessant

Myra and her sisters are excited about their _____ catering service, which was booked for three parties during its first week of business.

• affinity

• fledgling

• hackneyed

• incessant

The _____ phrase "Have a nice day!" is heard so often that it has become almost meaningless.

• affinity

• fledgling

• hackneyed

• opulence

The children nearly drove their parents crazy on the long car trip with their _____ questions: "Where are we going?" "Are we there yet?" "When can we get out of the car?"

• incessant

• hackneyed

• fledgling

• affinity

Increasingly, robots are able to perform skilled tasks. It is estimated that by 2030, robots will _____ a third of all US works.

• sagacious

• supplant

• unassailable

• voluminous

The writer Thoreau had no liking for _____. He wrote in his journal. "That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest."

• incessant

• affinity

• opulence

• proximity

Often when you are faced with a difficult situation, the most _____ response is to do nothing right away and carefully consider your options.

• sagacious

• proximity

• opulence

• incessant

The _____ of the railroad tracks worries neighborhood parents when their children play outside.

• proximity

• sagacious

• opulence

• incessant