Vocabulary Quiz Unit 11A

The rock singer enjoyed a sudden ________ rise in popularity, but his career faded just as quickly as it had blossomed.

• dumbfounded

• metoric

• dogged

• burly

to twist out of shape; to give a false or misleading account of

• parody

• alias

• amble

• distort

That guy is as ______ as a lumberjack, so he would be perfect to help me move my furniture.

• dogged

• ingrained

• burly

• meteoric

to search through; a collection of odd items

• rummage

• rend

• skimp

• amble

persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up

• ingrained

• dogged

• burly

• inevitable

We saw a bolt of lightning _____ a huge limb from the mighty oak tree.

• replenish

• prevail

• rend

• distort

When the shocking news finally reached us, we were completely ________.

• dumbfounded

• extinct

• dogged

• ingrained

The cruise ship stopped at the port to ______ the water supply.

• skimp

• rummage

• prevail

• replenish

to win, rule, reign, overcome, conquer

• rend

• replenish

• prevail

• amble

The _____ volcano no longer threatens the area, but it changed the landscape forever.

• alias

• extinct

• dogged

• ingrained