High School Vocabulary

The result of the election didn't give either candidate a clear majority but in the end the leader of the opposition agreed to step down and ......... to the wishes of the electorate.
accept
accent
accede
ascend

The sound of the waterfall goes on all day and night and in the end the ......... noise gets on your nerves.
interrupting
inciting
invading
incessant

I apologized for what seemed like a deliberate act of rudeness but I explained that it had been purely accidental and an ......... action on my part.
inverted
inadvertent
incurred
inhibited

Although it's a complicated subject the professor managed to make it all totally clear and ......... by her delivery.
lucid
luminous
lightening
lifting

When you take a party of tourists round a famous city there are always those who ......... and keep everybody else waiting.
litter
lessen
loiter
languish

Before she knew what had happened a man suddenly fell on her ......... across and stealing her handbag.
lurking
linking
limping
lunging

There was absolutely no call for him to criticise her so cruelly and in almost a ......... manner.
malformed
malicious
maladroit
malcontent

There was absolutely no question about it he was the ......... idiot such as you'd find in one of those old farces.
provincial
provided
proverbial
protective

You'll soon get used to his funny ways as it's one of the ......... of his personality.
quibbles
quills
quaffs
quirks

He didn't really give speeches because he used to scream and shout and you could hear him ......... a hundred meters down the road.
reigning
raining
ruling
rattling