5 ELA Vocabulary Test 17

1. The news report said to _____ the earlier warning about a tornado.

• a. intervene
• b. subside
• c. disregard
• d. compromise

2. The _____ of people polled said they liked action movies better than comedies.

• a. phenomenon
• b. emphasis
• c. majority
• d. compromise

3. The graduation speaker gave many _____ words of wisdom.

• a. irresistible
• b. majority
• c. desolate
• d. profound

4. ____ caused the car’s tires to heat up, burn, and smoke.

• a. Friction
• b. Majority
• c. Compromise
• d. Emphasis

5. A busy collector can _____ hundreds of baseball cards in a year.

• a. intervene
• b. compromise
• c. subside
• d. accumulate

6. The school looked _____ in the summer when all the students returned home.

• a. desolate
• b. majority
• c. profound
• d. irresistible

7. My mother’s famous chocolate chip cookies are _____ .

• a. irresistible
• b. profound
• c. majority
• d. desolate

8. The trainer had to _____when the dogs’ play turned into a fight.

• b. intervene
• a. emphasis
• c. irresistible
• d. phenomenon
• e. profound

9. If the brothers cannot _____, neither of them will get to use the bike.

• g. compromise
• a. emphasis
• b. intervene
• c. irresistible
• d. phenomenon

10. After two days, the storm finally started to _____.

• f. subside
• a. emphasis
• b. intervene
• c. irresistible
• d. phenomenon