The gold rush is just one example of humanity's tendency toward ____.

itinerant
avarice
calligraphy
disparity

avarice

A variety of birds filled the forest with their ___ cries.

omniscient
punctilious
reprehensible
cacophonous

cacophonous

eventually to regain my self-respect, I had to confess my ___ motives.

vivacious
peerless
infidelity
sordid

sordid

before students can understand a discipline's theory and concepts, they must first master its ___.

nomenclature
catechism
criterion
hypothesis

nomenclature

in an effort to retrieve long-overdue books, many libraries offer occasional periods of amnesty to patron.

what is amnesty?

a pardon granted to a large group of people
an opportunity to negotiate better terms
a forum for discussing issues of concern

a pardon granted to a large group of people

what is an assertion?