Vocabulary Unit 1A with Sentences

What a tragedy that in her old age, this unfortunate woman should be ____ of all her loved ones.

• deploy

• dour

• bereft

In the movie Avengers-Infinity War, Thanos ______ the power of the gauntlet to destroy half the world.

• deploys

• augments

• gaped

The ____ expression of the students' faces as they miserably filled the seats told the teacher that the students were not ready for school to start.

• adulterated

• dour

• gaped

Many baseball players can bat from either side of the plate, but they cannot throw well with each hand unless they are _______

• ambidextrous

• gaped

• bereft

As the magician's assistant seemed to vanish into thin air, the entire audience _______ with amazement.

• gaped

• deployed

• augmented

Officials who work for the Food and Drug Administration will test the purity of food products to see if the food has been _______ with unapproved chemicals or foreign substances.

• adulterated

• dour

• augmented

People who immigrate to a new country have to have the _________ to succeed even when faced with social and economic challenges.

• bereft

• dour

• fortitude

You can really __________ your base salary by working overtime.

• deploy

• augment

• adulterate

Be careful of strangers who approach you under the ______ of a friend. They may actually be trying to take advantage of your situation in your time of despair.

• guise

• bereft

• fortitude

Simon Biles the Olympic gymnast didn't let the ______ of mean and nasty internet trolls diminish her confidence when she knew that she really needed to take a break from the competition.

• guises

• gibes

• ambidextrous