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Vocabulary #16-18 Quiz 
Please fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word from the corresponding section. Each word 
(and any other form it may take) will only be used once. 
 
 
decisive submission endure vanity derision  
 
1. A woman has to _____________________ an extreme amount of pain during childbirth. 
2. Hundreds of riot police eventually charged and forced them into _____________________. 
3. Throughout history, _____________________ and excess pride have led to the downfall of many 
great men and women. 
4. The Supreme Court ruled against the prosecution’s case by a _____________________ 7–2 vote. 
5. One of the students laughed in _____________________ at my error. 
 
 
sullenly anarchy effeminate impeach eloquence 
 
1. He appears to have taken no part in the attempt to _____________________ the president on a 
general charge of treason. 
2. The auditorium was filled with a _____________________ silence as we honored the passing of the 
great hero. 
3. If you got rid of the U.S. Constitution, you would have _____________________ and chaos. 
4. She spoke quickly and quietly but with immense _____________________ and courage. 
5. The _____________________ detective was a master in adopting flamboyant female disguises. 
 
 
squander eccentric innovate gullible uniform  
 
1. You need a _____________________ system in order to have organization and efficiency. 
2. Eddie has a tendency to _____________________ his entire allowance on comic books and action 
figures. 
3. The _____________________ old man never ate anything other than cat food. 
4. It will be hard for you to keep your job at the technology company if you cannot continually 
_____________________ new software improvements. 
5. When the car salesman told me the price of the car was double its actual value, he obviously 
assumed I was a _____________________ idiot.