Word Review #1

Which of the vocabulary choices in parentheses fits best in these newspaper headlines?

1. Sailors ___ Sinking Ship

Defraud Circulate Abandon Devise

2. Congress Votes to Raise ______ Wage

Hardship Minimum Typical Rural

3. ___ Fog Covers Bay Area

Dense Thorough Scarce Keen

4. Unfit Parents Arrested for Child ___

Defect Tradition Neglect Theory

5. Escaped Convict Continues to ___ Police

Abandon Evade Inhabit Conceal

6. College ___ Quiet After Demonstration

Client Campus Debate Probe

7. Mayor Takes __ of Office on Steps of City Hall

Oath Data Majority Reform

8. Rescuers ___ into Mine to Find Lost Workers

Descend Assemble Circulate Recline

9. New Apartment House to Rise on ___ Land

Frigid Comprehensive Dense Vacant

10. Poll to ___ Outcome of Election

Qualify Predict Tempt Eliminate