The sentence describes how the subject is trying to travel all the way around the world. This indicates that you need to choose one of the answer choices with the prefixes "circum-" because this means round or go around. Of the two possible answer choices, “circumnavigate” is the much better option. “Circumnavigate” means to travel around the world. To provide further help, “circumvent” means to get around doing something you do not want to do; “appropriate” means right, fitting; “transcend” means rise above, go beyond; “appall” means disgust, offend.

As hawks are known to eat field mice, it seems probable that the sound of an eagle would frighten the field mouse and cause it to go running very quickly for safety. The answer choice that most closely means running quickly is “scampered.” To provide further help, “enamored” means in love with; “prevailed” means defeated, succeeded over; “glowered” means looked angrily at someone; “fumbled” means dropped, or messed up. 

Based on the context of the sentence, we can infer that the answer choice must be a synonym for worry. The closest answer choice is “fret.” To provide further help, “dovetail” means merge, combine; “cram” means squeeze a lot into; “demonize” means to make something out as evil; “laud” means praise. 

Because of the sentence's parallel structure, we can infer that we are looking for a verb, so while "ductile" sounds like duck and "fowl" refers to birds, neither of them are the correct answer. From the sentence's context, we can tell that we are looking for a verb that means something like walked, since we know that the duck moved across the grass to follow the tourists, and ducks move across grass by walking. Of the answer choices remaining, only "waddled" and "stomped" describe movement. Since "stomp" means to make a lot of noise while walking, often to demonstrate one's anger, and "waddle" means to walk with small steps while swinging one's body back and forth, "waddle" is the better choice and the correct answer.

We can infer that we need to find a verb that means something like drifted and can refer to air and smells. "Wafted" and "gusted" appear to be our best choices. Since "gusted" refers to wind and means blew in gusts, it seems a bit strong for our sentence's context. (It doesn't seem like there was any wind blowing out of the kitchen.) "Wafted," however, means passed through the air gently and fits the context of the sentence very well, so "wafted" is the best answer.

The old word "pale" (as a noun) is not used very often any more, except in some compounds and idioms. It means "a stake or picket." In the expression "beyond the pale," it simply means beyond a stake that is being used as a boundary marker; however, when you attach the prefix "im-" it becomes much more graphic, with the stake now being driven into someone. The track star here is afraid of being impaled, or of having a pointed object go through her.

Because the ship was "flooded," it is reasonable to assume that it would be sunk; therefore, the correct answer is “capsized.” “Capsized” means overturned and sank. To provide further help, “bilked” means cheated; “dismantled” means taken apart; “improved” means made better; and “edified” means instructed and improved.

Based on the second part of the sentence, which tells us that alcohol was legalized again, we can infer that it must have first been banned, or “outlawed.” To provide further help, “suspended” can mean paused; “supplanted” means replaced; “demeaned” means humiliated; and “decreed” means formally ordered.

You may have heard of the Vulgate, a version of the Bible that was translated into Latin in the fourth century when Latin was a language common to the educated classes of many different countries. Certainly you have met a few "vulgar" people, who act and speak in ways that are common and crass. In the word "divulge," we see this same root of "vulg," which means common. To divulge something is to make known commonly something that had been a secret. If someone tells you something in confidence, it's best not to divulge it.

"Behoove" is a funny word that is most often used by people who want to sound refined when scolding another person (for example, instead of saying "Slow down! You're driving like a maniac!", one might say "It would behoove you to decrease your speed."). It means to be suitable for or beneficial.