Vocabulary Unit 1

The woman remained ____ during the funeral, but she broke down after it was over and sobbed for hours.

• stolid

• dour

• deploy

• opulent

When the sergeant realized that war was imminent, he knew that his platoon would be _____ to the area of conflict.

• adulterated

• deployed

• reiterated

• pliable

We told the children to write down the definitions _____ so that they would have the entire meaning of each word.

• unkempt

• ambidextrous

• verbatim

• reiterate

The _____ effects of illegal drugs often destroy a person's life before any family members even realize the person is using.

• fortitude

• opulent

• stolid

• insidious

We were amazed at the small boy's _____ when he stood up to the larger boy who was bullying him.

• fortitude

• verbatim

• bereft

• intimation

The small, starving animal _____ crept up to the campsite hoping for something to eat.

• ambidextrously

• warily

• opulently

• pliably

We were able to bend the _____ piece of plastic into the shape we needed for the broken part.

• dour

• unkempt

• pliable

• insidious

The football players on both teams began to _____ each other between every play.

• gibe

• dour

• deploy

• guise

Once we arrived at the expensive hotel, we were very impressed with the _____ furnishings and luxurious feel of the rooms.

• fortitude

• augment

• tentative

• opulent

Some people complained that the restaurant has _____ the beef dishes with meat from domestic animals.

• adulterated

• gaped

• deployed

• unkempt