Vocabulary Unit 1

Laurie and his friends gallantly threw themselves into the BREACH, bought up the bouquets, encamped before the table, and made that corner the liveliest spot in the room.

• store

• opening

• lake

• task

If Jo had not been otherwise engaged, Laurie's behavior would have amused her, for a faint twinge, not of jealousy, but something like suspicion, caused that gentleman to stand aloof at first, and observe the newcomer with brotherly CIRCUMSPECTION. (Little Women)

• eagerly

• hatefully

• carefully

• uncomfortably

Like the rings a pebble makes when tossed in a pool of water, the good feelings generated by the speech _____ through the crowd.

• diffused

• relinquished

• muddled

• unbridled

To ensure they were not resented, the most powerful nations in the world must be extremely _____ in their foreign policy.

• spasmodic

• salvage

• circumspect

• admonish

An economy in which the marketplace is considered "open" is one in which competition is more or less _____.

• muddled

• unbridled

• opinionated

• circumspect

Our city government seems to have _____ into a first-rate financial crisis.

• debris

• breached

• muddled

• relinquished

The robber barons were a group of nineteenth-century captains of industry who amassed wealth by means that a _____ might use.

• brigand

• salvager

• debris

• muddled

The evidence intended to show that some races or nationalities are superior to others proved to be completely _____.

• brigand

• spurious

• effaced

• cumbersome

The dean _____ the members of the team for neglecting their homework assignments.

• admonished

• effaced

• salvaged

• deadlock

In general, she is a confident person, so I'm sure she will be able to _____ a few shreds of self-respect from her humiliating failure.

• commandeer

• salvage

• spasmodic

• brigand