Write "correct" if the vocabulary word has been used correctly, and "incorrect" if it has been used incorrectly. If the word is used incorrectly, write a sentence using the word properly.

Laden with backpacks, tents, cooking equipment, and a four-day supply of food, the donkey plodded slowly up the trail.

Which word or words could best replace bulwark?

(A) incentive (B) decoy (C) example (D) defense or safeguard

Choose which word in parentheses best completes the sentence.

Oona's decisiveness and her ______ temperament make her the perfect candidate for the position of sales manager in the department store's bargain basement. (placid; pernicious)

Something that is procured can best be explained as ______.

(A) obtained by special effort (B) released to the public (C) taken illegally (D) translated

Choose which word in parentheses best completes the sentence.

During the 1920s, the discovery of Tutankhamen's unplundered tomb was among the great archaeological discoveries of the time; well-preserved ______ provided scientists with information about life in Egypt and the pharaoh's reign. (relics; bulwarks)