Weeks 16-20 Vocabulary Review

The exhibition at the fair was intended to give visitors a (preview/dupe) of what life might be like in twenty years.

• preview

• dupe

We have many good musicians in our school orchestra, but they need a (makeshift/dynamic) conductor to make them play as a unit.

• makeshift

• dynamic

Although we cannot mention her by name, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to the (quaint/ anonymous) donor who gave us this generous gift.

• quaint

• anonymous

(Pending/Eradicating) the outcome of the national election, none of the foreign governments are willing to take any definite action.

• Pending

• Eradicating

His reference to a "historic downfall" after I had failed the history test struck me as a rather (dynamic/grim) joke.

• dynamic

• grim

For months the winter was unusually mild, but when the cold weather finally came, it struck with a (vengeance/prominence).

• vengeance

• prominence

The new parking regulations are only a (snare/makeshift) that will have to be replaced by a better plan within a few years.

• snare

• makeshift

The wily champion used every tennis trick she knew to (frustrate/scrimp) her opponent's attempt to come to the net and hit a winner.

• frustrate

• scrimp

It is very easy to say that our city government should (scrimp/ snare) to balance its budget, but which departments should spend less?

• scrimp

• snare

Nothing can (eradicate/scrimp) the love of liberty from the hearts of a free people.

• eradicate

• scrimp