Choosing the Right Word



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Unit 8 – Sentence Completion

Before completing each sentence with a word from vocabulary unit #8, fill in any word or idea that will logically complete the sentence; then, go back through the vocabulary words and determine which match each sentence best. If one of the vocabulary words from unit #8 is the “any word” that you put in the first blank, then place a synonym from the book in the second blank.

1. Even though the child’s question could have been offensive, she is so ________/_________ that it was clear she was just genuinely curious.

2. Yes, there is some ______________/______________ between different racial and ethnic

groups, but it can be overcome by education and experience.

3. He is so ______________/_____________ that he refused to share one of the thousands of toys he had collected.

4. I think we should offer congratulations rather than ____________/_____________ for

the disappearance of that battered old heap you called a car.

5. In this third century of our nation’s life, let us _____________/____________ ourselves anew to the ideals of human freedom.

6. Some people are _____________/________________ readers, with a lively appetite for all

types of fiction and nonfiction.

7. Two of the chief strengths of modern American society are the variety and vitality that

arise from its ______________/________________ cultures.

8. Those students who have been doing their work all term need not feel

________________/_______________ about the final examination.

9. The headwaiter was so _______________/_____________ and self-assured in his manner

that we took him for a diplomat.

10. Your unwillingness to study foreign languages is in no way ______________/___________

with your ambition to get a job in the foreign service.

animosity

apprehensive

compatible

condolences

consecrate

ingenuous

multifarious

omnivorous

parsimonious

suave

11. When she attended my sister’s wedding, my Great Aunt Mary was 97; but she was far from

_____________/_____________. She spent the whole night rocking out on the dance floor.

12. Many stand-up comedians regularly ________________/______________ popular fads and

fashions so that people can see how ridiculous those fads are.

13. So we are faced with that old ______________/_______________― get a job that pays a

lot or get a job that you love.

14. The address was so dull and long-winded that it seemed to ______________/

_________________ rather than inspire the audience.

15. When my friends appeared with a stack of CDs, I realized that our crash study session

might become an all-day ______________/________________.

16. Even though the audio tapes that I have are considered _____________/________________,

I cannot bring myself to get rid of them. . . but I don’t even have a tape player anymore!

17. If you can’t ______________/______________ me for my efforts to help you, at least don’t

criticize me for not doing everything you want.

18. Her moods seem to go from one extreme to the other—from deepest

_________________ / _______________ to unlimited enthusiasm.

19. The handful of _____________/_____________ students who refuse to obey study hall

regulations are violating the rights of the majority.

20. Although our society must punish criminals, I don’t think we should do so simply as a

_______________/_______________ for the wrongs they have committed.

apathy

commend

deride

decrepit

obsolete

quandary

recalcitrant

reprisal

revel

stultify

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