Vocabulary Quiz (5-6)

He worked quickly and __________ to finish the task ahead of schedule.

• efficiently

• reluctantly

• peculiarly

• boisterously

The violent movie scene was enough to __________ the audience.

• appall

• emit

• detain

• cultivate

The confusing directions seemed to __________ everyone in the group.

• caress

• endure

• sprawl

• confound

• bemuse

They went on a short __________ to the mountains for the weekend.

• despair

• excursion

• jaunt

• subsidy

• reprimand

His explanation was so __________ that nobody could understand it.

• vague

• redundant

• profuse

• intricate

The antique vase had a __________ design unlike anything she’d ever seen.

• peculiar

• fervent

• profound

• resilient

The novel was so gripping that it managed to __________ the reader entirely.

• engross

• persecute

• emit

• escape

His arrogance made him __________ to everyone around him.

• insufferable

• conscientious

• jubilant

• subdued

The floodwaters began to __________ after the rain stopped.

• recede

• falter

• accumulate

• cultivate

She paused to __________ her options before making a final decision.

• reprimand

• contemplate

• infringe

• emit

• ignore