Sadlier Oxford Unit 13 Level A 1-10

That glue _____ so well that you must be careful not to let it drip on anything.

• affirms

• adheres

• empowers

• deters

When they become new citizens, immigrants _____ their loyalty to the United States and to the Constitution.

• cope

• empower

• affirm

• adhere

After the war, those who committed the terrible _____ faced charges in a war court.

• lags

• mangles

• copes

• atrocities

We huddled together under the _____ until the rain let up.

• cope

• affirm

• atrocity

• lag

A heavy jacket, thick gloves, and a warm woolen hat helped Ravi _____ with the frosty weather.

• cope

• adhere

• affirm

• mangle

The warnings about the crumbling condition of the wall did not _____ the hikers.

• cope

• affirm

• mangle

• deter

Learning that he did not pass the test was _____; more worrisome was that the test counted for more than 50 percent of the grade.

• disquieting

• fluent

• atrocity

• empowering

The legislation, if enacted, would _____ that government agency to hire 1,500 additional employees.

• affirm

• lag

• empower

• adhere

I have always wanted to be _____ in another language, so I went to Barcelona to study Spanish.

• affirm

• empowered

• fluent

• disquieting

If one member of our relay team _____ behind the others in a race, we usually make up the time when our star runner grabs the baton.

• lags

• empowers

• mangles

• adheres