Vocabulary Power Unit 2 page 21

After months of declining sales, the vice president of sales was _______ to regional manager.

• reaped

• immobilized

• demoted

• burrowed

Police statistics show that the number of _______ has decreased.

• homicides

• lairs

• felines

• philanthropies

The horse trotted around the track with a strong and steady _______.

• motive

• commotion

• gait

• habitat

The boy _______ his feet as the coach corrected him.

• lured

• shuffled

• cultivated

• promoted

Her arm became increasingly _______ as she worked with a physical therapist.

• haughty

• arboreal

• carnivorous

• mobile

The big truck gained _______ as it rolled down the hill.

• terrarium

• momentary

• motive

• momentum

The people who lived in the _______ village had to walk miles for safe drinking water.

• momentous

• remote

• arboreal

• cunning

The gardener added a few plants to her _______ every year.

• terrarium

• lair

• botany

• motive

Tired of living in _______, the man bought a kitten and a puppy.

• apiary

• commotion

• solitude

• philanthropy

The lifeguard excelled at _______ sports such as swimming and water skiing.

• antibiotic

• unanimous

• apiary

• aquatic