Vocab 3 FINAL (9th)

The old Lane estate was a[n] ​ (a)   that towered over the other homes in the neighborhood. It had a[n] ​ (b)   courtyard more suitable for a palace, and rows of shimmering Aspen trees seemed to ​ (c)   the grounds when they fluttered with even the mildest breeze. The elaborate exterior of the mansion might ​ (d)   someone into thinking that the house must be beautiful inside, but in actuality, the roof leaks, the paint is peeling, and the floor creaks.

• edifice
• ostentatious
• animate
• delude

The corporation claimed to endorse ​ (a)   company policies, but some of the managers were ​ (b)   who refused to promote anyone not native to Scandinavia. One of the foreign employees eventually filed a suit against the company, and in two years was awarded the ​ (c)   promotion he had long deserved.

• egalitarian
• chauvinists
• belated

Larie ​ (a)   the modeling clay until it was soft enough to work with. Since her work required deep concentration, she nearly went ​ (b)   when her assistant interrupted for the third time to obtain Laurie’s signature. Even though Laurie was ​ (c)   , she could not sign her name and focus on her art simultaneously.

• kneaded
• berserk
• ambidextrous

a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building

equally skillful with either hand

delayed

to give life or motion to

to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture

one having a fanatical devotion to one belief & showing contempt to other beliefs

promoting equal rights for all people