Exam 9: Hiding Out

The author went into____________ so that no one could distract her from finishing her book.

Sham means

Recluse means

Feign means

Secluded means

Duplicity means

Clandestine means

His medical degree was a complete____________ .

To escape the pursuing hounds, the fox used a common____________ : it swam across a creek so that the dogs would lose its scent.

In 1948, Whittaker Chambers, a senior editor at Time, accused State Department official Alger Hiss of ____________activities that involved secretly passing information to the Russians.

Ruse means

Obscure means

Ma Barker, one of the toughest criminals of all time, did not try to____________ her contempt for the law.

She found out about the surprise party, so she knew she would have to____________ shock when her friends jumped from their hiding places.

Agent Starling tracked the serial killer to his and ____________rescued the hostage.

J.D.Salinger, the author of The Catcher in the Rye, is perhaps America's most____________novelist, and he avoids his public as much as possible.

Lair means

Benedict Arnold was the____________ traitor who betrayed his own country to serve the enemy.

Sky marshals are armed airline employees who travel ____________as passengers in order to prevent hijackings.

Incognito means