Reading Corner 3 Vocabulary

Great Britain has immigrants from ___ every country in the world.

• virtually

• prevalent

• drawback

• staggering

We must challenge government leaders and the citizens of the world to make the ___ of poverty the number one priority.

• drawback

• elimination

• reliance

• prevalence

Politicians make all sorts of promises during an election campaign, but very few of them are ever ___.

• eliminated

• mitigated

• implemented

• prevalent

One ___ to the proposed location for the shopping center is that there is little space outside for parking.

• drawback

• trait

• elimination

• reliance

The fact that the boys were trying to return what they'd stolen ___ their punishment to some degree.

• surpassed

• implemented

• eliminated

• mitigated

Although he was very wealthy, generosity was not one of his personality ___.

• drawbacks

• traits

• prevalence

• reliance

Too much ___ on studying for exams at the last minute might cause you some trouble when you start university.

• staggering

• mitigation

• reliance

• elimination

The teacher's gifted students are exceptionally bright and never fail to ___ her academic expectation.

• mitigate

• rely

• implement

• surpass

The ___ price of gasoline will probably keep drivers off the roads during the holiday weekend.

• staggering

• surpassing

• drawback

• virtually

That a woman's proper place was in the home was a ___ attitude during the 1950s.

• reliant

• prevalent

• mitigated

• staggering