English Vocabulary Exam 3

Mike’s second promotion in eleven months confirms he is at the ( ) of his career.

My mom and dad have been living in a state of ( ) ever since they were married twenty-five years ago.

Joining the priesthood calls for a/an ( )of worldly pleasures.

Our government often sends ( ) drones into other countries to assess possible threats.

When the archaeologists began to ( ) the ancient burial site in certain prime spots, they unearthed several impressive artifacts from the ground.

The first time her crush talked to her, she was so excited that she was at a loss for words and began to ( ) about the weather.

Watching the squirrel ( ) up the sidewalk was the highlight of the toddler’s day.

Because my brother has to spend more hours at his office than he likes, he tends to ( ) quality time with his family.

He ( ) his colleagues for their laziness.

Seagulls are equipped by nature to ( ) for food.

If you want to be rich, ( ) a wealthy entrepreneur.

If all children were taught not to ( ) the rules of common decency and good manners, the world would probably be a much better place for everyone.

Even though Ann wanted to buy one of the vendor’s jackets, she was short on cash so she ( ) declined the seller’s offer to try on the coat.

Her ( ) nature rebelled against the thought of marrying that brute.

The low cost of mobile phones has caused sales to rise ( ).

Commercial development in our city has been ( ) because of the weak economy.

Although the government claims the unemployment rate is decreasing, there is still a/an ( ) of jobs available.

Working together, the two countries hoped they could uproot the dictator and free the small nation from ( ).

The priest came to ( ) with one of his parishioner whose husband died of a stroke.

The 1960s and 1970s pushed for environmental changes to be made, but there was a ( ) during the 2000s when more environmental problems occurred.

Knowledge gives you power by making you less ( ) to negative influences.

( ) passengers sat clueless on the plane, never realizing that there was a problem with the engine.

( ) people tend to believe whatever they are told.

Because we can vote for change in our country, there are no laws that are ( ).

When I saw the doctor’s ( ) expression, I knew my diagnosis was not a good one.