Vocabulary Workshop Level D, Unit 9

(v.) to pretend

• grievous
• feign
• escalate
• impel

(adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse

• candid
• auxiliary
• repugnant
• heterogeneous

Choose the right word that best completes the sentence:
It's one thing to be interested in writing; it's quite another to have a ___________ for it.

• flair
• monologue

Choose the right word that best completes the sentence:
Hopelessly cut off from he main fleet, the captain of the vessel decided to ________ his ship rather than allow it to fall into enemy hands.

• impel
• scuttle

Choose the best ANTONYM for the word below:
escalate

• raise
• ascend
• climb
• lessen

(n.)  a representative or messenger (as of a government)

• flair
• horde
• envoy
• drudgery

(v.) to force, drive forward

• impel
• escalate
• scuttle
• inscribe

(adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound

• rasping
• monologue
• repugnant
• flair

Choose the right word that best completes the sentence:
In his opening ________, the talk-show host often pokes fun at political candidates and elected officials.

• monologue
• prognosis

Choose the right word that best completes the sentence:

Despite the doctor's gloomy ______ when I entered the hospital, I was up and about in a matter of days.

• prognosis
• candid