English 10 vocab 23

In 1931, after taking part in several archaeological digs, Loren Eiseley was accepted to the South Party of the Morrill Paleontological Expedition. His ___ at such an honor must have been great.

• enormity

• correlation

• elation

• bestowal

He took part in the South Party's ____ field expeditions in Nebraska. The thorough examination of fossil records was a strict, ___ discipline.

• exhaustive, elated

• austere, undermined

• recriminating, exhaustive

• exhaustive, austere

Eiseley joked that he might turn into a yucca plant. Spending days on the bare, ____ hillsides may suggest its ___ as something taking root in the ground.

• austere, correlate

• exhaustive, correlate

• recriminating, exhaustive

• recriminating, elated

Eiseley ___ much energy on anthropology, eventually earning a Ph.D.

• Apprised

• Elated

• Recriminated

• Bestowed

In 1948, he began a book that would take readers on a journey through time. Because of the ___ of the subject, Eiseley took ten years to complete “The Immense Journey.”

• Elation

• Exhaustion

• Appraisal

• Enormity

Some publishers were cautious about the book, perhaps because it seemed too ___, or comprehensive. But later, when the book became a bestseller, they were probably ____.

• Elated, undermined

• Exhaustive, elated

• Austere, bestowed

• Exhaustive, apprised

In his book, Eiseley ___ the development of mammals to that of flowering plants. He ____, or informs us that one could not exist without the other.

• Exhausts, bestows

• Apprises, exhausts

• Correlates, apprises

• Bestows, apprises

Eiseley aimed ____ at scientists who accused him of being unscientific; he, in turn, accused them of ignoring culture.

• Elation

• Correlations

• Austerity

• Recriminations

Humans are the only animals ___ with self-consciousness. Eiseley believes this awareness isn’t entirely a gift and can actually be ___ to humans. The loneliness and challenges of the human journey make some humans more troubles about life.

• Bestowed, undermining

• Correlated, elate

• Bestowed, correlate

• Apprised, recriminate

Eiseley must have felt a sort of ___ with earlier naturalists, such as Thoreau. Both took a similar, mystical approach to nature.

• Austerity

• Camaraderie

• Elation

• Undermining