Voc. 1 (Level E)

Hospitals take strict precautions to assure that nothing can ______ the blood supply.

• adulterate

• augment

• deploy

• gibe

Although he considered himself to be ______, he was always cutting his left hand when he tried to juggle swords.

• bereft

• ambidextrous

• dour

• insidious

Many couples have to _____ their income in order to pay the mortgage on a new home.

• intimate

• gibe

• augment

• adulterate

Individuals who live to be very old may eventually find themselves completely ______ of friends and family.

• dour

• tentative

• unkempt

• bereft

In his job as a mediator, Bill is able to _____ his peacekeeping skills on a regular basis.

• gape

• gibe

• adulterate

• deploy

Dickens's Mr. Gradgrind in the novel Hard Times is an example of a character with a(n) _____ and sullen disposition.

• bereft

• pliable

• dour

• tentative

Even though the soldiers knew the odds were not in their favor, they had the _____ to continue fighting.

• guise

• fortitude

• intimation

• gibe

First-time visitors to Niagara Falls can be expected to _____ at the spectacular sights nature has provided for them.

• gape

• gibe

• adulterate

• augment

The recruits rushed into battle so that no one could _____ at them for cowardice.

• gibe

• gape

• intimate

• reiterate

The thieves gained entry to the home by presenting themselves in the ______ of police officers.

• intimation

• guise

• adulteration

• fortitude