Unit 1 Set A: Completing the Sentence Page 17 (End of Set)

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. The idea of a(n) __________ like Robin Hood who helps the poor appeals strongly to the popular imagination.

• brigand
• philanthropist

• merchant

• noble

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. The nurse rushed into the hospital corridor to __________ the visitors who were creating a disturbance.

• admonish

• ignore

• welcome

• assist

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. To capture the fleeing criminals, the police __________ our car and raced after the vanishing truck.

• commandeer

• abandon

• ignore

• observe

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. The rug was rolled into such a(n) __________ bundle that it took four of us to carry it up the stairs.

• cumbersome

• light

• tiny

• easy

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. The doctor became more and more fearful that her patient’s weakened condition would __________ him to pneumonia.

• predispose

• expose

• protect

• shield

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. Though all modern scholars accept Macbeth as Shakespeare’s work, there continue to be __________ allegations that other writers wrote the play.

• spurious

• genuine

• authentic

• valid

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. The records of our club were in such a(n) __________ that we couldn’t even determine which members had paid their dues.

• muddle

• order

• clarity

• organization

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. A man of towering pride and __________ ambition, he stopped at nothing to achieve his goals as quickly and directly as possible.

• unbridled

• limited

• modest

• restrained

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. I have a(n) __________: If I don’t get a job, I won’t have the money to do what I want; and if I do get a job, I won’t have the time.

• dilemma

• solution

• opportunity

• advantage

Choose the word from the word bank that best completes each of the following sentences. Write the correct word or form of the word in the space provided. I added a few drops of food coloring to the liquid and watched as they slowly __________ through it.

• diffuse

• sink

• evaporate

• condense