Vocabulary Workshop E unit 1 B sentences

Occasionally a teacher will come across a child who displays _________abilities when taught to write.

• bereft

• ambidextrous

• dour

• opulent

Individuals who live to be very old may eventually find themselves completely____________of friends and family.

• bereft

• ambidextrous

• dour

• opulent

Dickens's Mr. Gradgrind in the novel Hard Times is an example of a character with a_________and sullen disposition.

• bereft

• ambidextrous

• dour

• opulent

The tour guide showed us the________________living quarters of the royal family.

• bereft

• ambidextrous

• dour

• opulent

Spools of___________copper wire are standard equipment for many kinds of maintenance workers, including electricians.

• tentative

• stolid

• pliable

• unkempt

__________people can generally be expected to take most things in stride.

• tentative

• stolid

• pliable

• unkempt

Negotiators have come up with a_________agreement that will keep both sides at the bargaining table past the strike deadline.

• tentative

• dour

• bereft

• unkempt

According to my parents, the latest fashions make me and my friends look___________

• tentative

• dour

• bereft

• unkempt

Newspapers often publish the____________text of an important political speech.

• unkempt

• verbatim

• opulent

• bereft

At the swearing-in ceremony, the Chief Justice reads each line of the Oath of Office, and the new President repeats the oath _____________.

• unkempt

• verbatim

• opulent

• bereft