Vocab Unit 7

When someone has become good at something, they are ____________. After all those hours playing video games, you must be very ____________at them.

• flagrant

• proficient

• domestic

• vigilant

Answer explanation

Word proficient

Definition

(adj.) skilled, expert, or capable in any field or activity

Synonyms

competent, able, adept, gifted, talented

Sentence

The school will hire you only if you prove to be proficient in the subject.

Something ___________is bad — so bad you can't ignore it. A ________foul in sports might send you to the bench, and a ___________violation of the law might send you to the slammer.

• proficient

• vigilant

• flagrant

• wrath

Answer explanation

Word flagrant

Definition

(adj.) extremely bad, scandalous, notorious

Synonyms

blatant, gross, outrageous, obvious, deliberate, brazen

Sentence

Crossing against the light shows a flagrant disregard for the law.

__________is great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone: Noah saw the flood as a sign of the ___________ of God.

• wrath

• momentum

• flaw

• amiss

Answer explanation

word

wrath

definition

(n.) intense anger

synonyms

rage, outrage, fury, indignation

sentence

I somehow escaped from my parents' wrath after skipping school.

__________is generally used to mean increasing forward motion. A boulder rolling down a hill gains ___________. So does a great idea, a team on a winning streak, or the economy.

• wrath

• momentum

• amiss

• vigilant

Answer explanation

word

momentum

definition

(n.) the force or speed with which something moves

synonyms

drive, energy, motion, thrust

sentence

The game gained momentum after the break.

A ___________can be a sign of weakness or defect. If you try to make wings and fly off the roof but wind up crashing in the gutter, there's a _________in your plan.

• flaw

• flagrant

• amiss

• domestic

Answer explanation

word

flaw

definition

(n.) a slight fault, defect, crack

synonyms

Imperfection, blemish, error, mistake

sentence

you can always return return electronics if you find a flaw in manufacturing them.

When things are out of their proper places or not happening the way they should, we say they are ______. Sherlock Holmes, like many sharp detectives, would quickly notice when something was ________at a crime scene.

• flaw

• amiss

• flagrant

• salvo

Answer explanation

word

amiss

definition

(adj.) faulty, imperfect, not as it should be

(adv.) in a mistaken or improper way

synonyms

incorrect, inappropriate, wrong, awry

sentence

Under the circumstances it would not be amiss to offer out congratulations.

Use _______to describe someone who keeps awake and alert in order to avoid danger or problems. When taking the subway, be __________ about your wallet — always know where it is, or someone might steal it from you.

• flaw

• amiss

• vigilant

• flagrant

Answer explanation

word

vigilant

definition

(adj.) wide-awake, alert, watchful

synonyms

attentive, on one’s toes, alert, cautious

sentence

Following the Corona threat we were vigilant about social distancing.

If you __________something, it means you act as though it's true before all the evidence is in. If you are __________to be the fastest runner, don't get too cocky — that word implies that you haven't actually raced yet.

• presume

• perjury

• paradox

• domestic

Answer explanation

word

presume

definition

(v.) to take for granted, assume or suppose; to dare, take upon oneself, take liberties

synonyms

surmise, trespass, infringe, alleged

sentence

The workers presumed that the job they had last summer will be theirs this summer as well

__________generally means relating to someone's family, home, or home country. ____________work is work done in the home — a ________is someone who works in a home, such as a nanny or a maid.

• domestic

• foreign

• perjury

• paradox

Answer explanation

word

domestic

definition

(adj.) native to a country; not foreign; relating to the life or affairs of a household

(n.) a household servant

synonyms

household, native, national, local, servant

sentence

I have to take domestic flights to travel inside the country; not foreign.

____________is the act of deliberately lying under oath. A defendant in a murder trial commits ____________when he swears he never met the murder victim before, even though he had a two-year relationship with her.

• paradox

• perjury

• salvo

• flagrant

Answer explanation

word

perjury

definition

(n.) the act of swearing to a lie

synonyms

lying, untruthfulness, fabrication, falsehood

sentence

The witness was convicted of perjury and was sentenced to serve two years in prison.