Vocabulary Quiz

I know that you are a brilliant student, but I am still amazed that you could ______________ such a vast store of information so quickly.

• amass

• allot

• audacious

• devoid

• allocate

We can thank modern medical science for the increased ______________ of human beings in most parts of the world.

• longevity

• perspective

• audacious

• devoid

A number of cities ______________ with one another to be chosen as the site of a national political convention.

• tether

• amass

• devoid

• compete

• vie

Since the town meeting tonight has been called to deal with conservation, only discussion ______________ to that subject will be allowed.

• irrelevant

• skittish

• perspective

• audacious

• relevant

The cow had broken its ______________ and was in the cornfield.

• chain

• relevant

• amass

• vie

• tether

How do you explain the fact that in practically every country the ______________ of women is greater than men?

• amass

• audacious

• tether

• vie

• longevity

Perhaps in the long-term ______ of history, some events that seem very important now will be minor.

• longevity

• perspective

• tether

• allot

He has had such bad experiences with horses that he has become extremely ______ of them.

• skittish

• tether

• allot

• perspective

She had devoted her life to ______ not material riches but the love, respect, and thanks of every member of this community.

• amassing

• allotting

• vie

• devoid

If we have to share the same locker, please try to keep your things in the space ______ to you.

• allotted

• amassed

• audacious

• skittish