Vocabulary Unit Three Test for AE1

When the principal found out that there would be an article in the school newspaper that criticized him, he _____________________ it.

• admonished

• obscured

• supressed

• lamented

When the starving prisoners were released from the camp, people were shocked at their ____________________ appearance.

• cadaverous

• evanescent

• sonorous

• placid

Even though I lost a few friends, I have never _________________ my decision because I knew I did the right thing.

• admonished

• apprehended

• lamented

• obscured

She lost too much weight on her diet and looked ____________________.

• placid

• emaciated

• sonorous

• cadaverous

All through the dangerous operation, he never lost his ____________________ determination.

• evanescent

• inexorable

• stolid

• methodical

She felt the people’s ____________________ for her when she told them what she really thought of them.

• contempt

• levity

• flourish

• accord

Our ____________________ existence was shattered by the unwarranted act of violence done to us.

• methodical

• expeditiously

• obscure

• placid

The destruction of the World Trade Center was an unspeakable ______________.

• atrocity

• levity

• accord

• contempt

With the buildup of its military in the 1930s, Germany violated the __________________ that ended World War I.

• atrocity

• levity

• accord

• contempt

The pictures of the rescue operation in New York fail to show the ____________________ details that most people can’t bear to see.

• ghastly

• placid

• inexorable

• expeditiously