Choose the word that best completes each sentence. You may have to change the form of the word to make it grammatically correct.

1. The Coast Guard ___________________ the boat in order to chase the criminals.

   1.   ?    diffused
   2.   ?    effaced
   3.   ?    fabricated
   4.   ?    commandeered

2. The referee received a lot of __________________ and insults from the angry spectators.

   1.   ?    jeers
   2.   ?    adherents
   3.   ?    deadlocks
   4.   ?    feints

3. Because the Senator Smith won the presidential election, he had to _______________ his position of senator.

   1.   ?    usurp
   2.   ?    surmount
   3.   ?    relinquish
   4.   ?    abridge

4. When the soldiers moved out of the city, they left the city open to the mercy of __________________, who terrorized the citizens and looted the abandoned stores.

   1.   ?    aliens
   2.   ?    perennials
   3.   ?    paupers
   4.   ?    marauders

5. It is going to take a lot of money to _________________ her for all the pain she suffered because of the car accident.

   1.   ?    exorcise
   2.   ?    compensate
   3.   ?    admonish
   4.   ?    subjugate

6. Because the pond is ________________, the surface is all green.

   1.   ?    stagnant
   2.   ?    slapdash
   3.   ?    brazen
   4.   ?    incessant

7. A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway's _________________ memoir; it was published quite a while after he died.

   1.   ?    militant
   2.   ?    inanimate
   3.   ?    posthumous
   4.   ?    intricate

8. Roger's intense desire for other people's property has led him to be found guilty of grand __________________.

   1.   ?    anarchy
   2.   ?    catalyst
   3.   ?    bondage
   4.   ?    larceny

9. We drove up to the ___________________ of the cliff to get a better look at the beautiful valley below.

   1.   ?    access
   2.   ?    precipice
   3.   ?    reprieve
   4.   ?    exodus

10. Although the detectives were positive that there was another murderer, they couldn't get the suspect to name his __________________.

    1.   ?    catalyst
    2.   ?    accomplice
    3.   ?    reprimand
    4.   ?    access