Sadlier Level C Unit 7

Sadly, the elderly have to be particularly conscientious because they are often victims of ______ callers, looking to scam them and steal their money or identity.

• belittled

• junctured

• predatory

• jaunty

For those in education the ____ of their career would be to become a principal of a school. Others are just as happy staying in the classroom their entire career but aspire to be awarded Teacher of the Year.

• parry

• exotic

• juncture

• acme

Every winter, I load up on vitamin C in an effort to ____ any unwanted colds or the flu!

• parry

• menial

• convey

• belittle

The ___ I love most about my husband is that he is humble. He's not perfect (because none of us are) but when he makes a mistake, he is willing to acknowledge his mistake and apologize. That is such an admirable quality.

• doctrine

• juncture

• acme

• attribute

Although some people may look down on the people who do the ____ jobs, those are the people who are most valuable to a company. If you didn't have someone taking care of the boring or unpleasant jobs, the organization would fall apart.

• menial

• jaunty

• haggard

• exotic

A good leader is able to establish authority and respect, without _____ the people below them. Good leaders make sure their subordinates feel valued.

• conveying

• belittling

• excising

• parrying

Although their relationship started out strong, there came a _____ where they realized they had stopped seeing eye to eye and their communication had deteriorated. Upon this realization, they decided it was time to dissolve the company.

• attribute

• acme

• juncture

• doctrine

Although the teacher tried numerous times to ____ the importance of time management when it came to completing this huge project, many students did not heed her warning and ended up procrastinating and then panicking the day before it was due because they still had so much to complete.

• convey

• excise

• parry

• wallow

Although I started out so unwavering in my opinion, once I heard the defendant's perspective on the situation, my certainty of her guilt began to _____.

• wallow

• ravage

• parry

• waver

At the conclusion of the war, the landscape was ___. All of the fields were destroyed and there wasn't a single building that had been left standing.

• ravaged

• wallowed

• belittled

• conveyed