Sadlier Oxford Unit 11 Level A 11-20

Moviemakers love rags-to-riches stories, but few people actually experience such a _____ rise in their circumstances.

• skimpy

• meteoric

• relic

• prevailing

Comedians loved the President's distinctive voice because it was easy to _____ him in their routines.

• skimp

• rend

• parody

• vandalize

The belief that the earth is flat _____ for centuries, until explorers traveled around the globe and returned.

• rent

• parodied

• sleuth

• prevailed

The ______ was dug up on the Aventine in 1705, and is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

• relic

• rend

• sleuth

• meteoric

Campers found that a violent gust of wind had _____ their tent; torn pieces of fabric flapped in the storm.

• prevailed

• skimped

• rent

• parodied

It had been a hard day, and I counted on a long nap after work to _____ my energy.

• parody

• rummage

• replenish

• prevail

The police _____ through the suspect's car looking for evidence of the crime.

• rent

• rummaged

• replenished

• sleuth

If you _____ when you buy the fabric to cover the couch, you may run short and have to buy more to finish the job.

• skimp

• rummage

• sleuth

• relic

Because of his eccentric personality and his uncanny ability to solve the most difficult cases, Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous fictional _____ of all time.

• rummages

• parodies

• sleuth

• skimps

The city council discussed establishing an innovative program to combat _____ in the subways; they would hire people to create art murals instead.

• sleuths

• rummage

• relics

• vandalism