Units #1-3 Vocabulary

Your silly pride about doing everything on your own ___________ (s) you getting the help you need so badly.

• discordant

• evolve

• preclude

• revert

As we discussed our up coming vacation, we gradually __________ (ed) a plan for a bicycle trip through New England.

• discordant

• evolve

• preclude

• revert

Suddenly the __________ voices of the two quarreling people burst upon my ear and jarred me out of my daydream.

• discordant

• evolve

• preclude

• revert

For two nights, he did his homework faithfully, then he _________ (ed) to his usual lazy ways.

• discordant

• evolve

• preclude

• revert

I am completely __________ (ed) of sympathy for anyone who loses a job because of the carelessness and indifference.

• devoid

• durable

• enterprising

• excerpt

The disease had so __________ (ed) the poor woman that she was no longer able to leave her bed.

• enterprising

• excerpt

• legendary

• incapacitate

Even the most __________ materials will in time be damaged by flowing water.

• devoid

• durable

• enterprising

• excerpt

Davy Crockett was a real person, but so many tall tales have been told about him that he has become a(n) ____________ figure.

• enterprising

• excerpt

• legendary

• incapacitate

We admired __________ immigrant who set up a small shop and developed it into a large and prosperous business.

• devoid

• durabl

• enterprising

• excerpt

Let me read aloud a few ___________ from the newspaper review of the new movie.

• devoid

• durable

• enterprising

• excerpt