Vocabulary Builder Course 4

Lesson 21:

Choose one of the two words provided to correctly complete each sentence.


1.	Many people wonder whether the government will ever again __________ young people to fight in a war.
		A)	protract
		B)	conscript


2.	My new car was quite __________; in fact, it looked like most of the other cars on the road.
		A)	nondescript
		B)	intractable


3.	José used a pair of tweezers to __________ the thorn from his thumb.
		A)	detract
		B)	extract


4.	Now that I have outgrown my bicycle, I will __________ ownership of it to my younger brother.
		A)	ascribe
		B)	proscribe


5.	None of the players were tired, so they decided to __________ the card game for a while.
		A)	protract
		B)	extract


6.	One common part of many letters-and even of e-mails-is the __________ after the closing.
		A)	postscript
		B)	scripture


7.	My parents __________ television until I complete my homework.
		A)	conscript
		B)	proscribe


8.	Jared's point about noise pollution was lost on the class, as a strange beeping noise in the hall __________ from his speech.
		A)	detracted
		B)	proscribed