Unit 10 - Remarkable Mixes

As long as you ____ to succeed in your chosen field and continue to put forth your best effort, you will never have any regrets.

• aspire

• chide

• mire

• impair

I don’t want the teacher to ____ me for being late again, so I’m setting the alarm for a half hour earlier.

• render

• chide

• adept

• exploit

After Rachel exhibited ____ behavior at the football game, she was banned from future events.

• extermporaneous

• languid

• despicable

• rugged

Despite the fact that you used an ____ method to solve the problem, somehow you managed to arrive at the correct solution.

• erroneous

• obtrusive

• languid

• bleak

Fear can ____ your ability to react properly in an emergency.

• adept

• aspire

• impair

• mire

The team proved it was not ____ when it lost the last game of the season.

• rugged

• preamble

• obtrusive

• invincible

Getting arrested was a ____ of unfortunate circumstances the parolee had tried to avoid.

• mire

• chide

• exploit

• impair

The vinegar in the sauce was ____ and ruined the taste of the steak.

• diminutive

• invincible

• obtrusive

• skeptical

My donation is going to the local soup kitchen because I know it will use the funds to ____ food to the homeless.

• adept

• exploit

• render

• slipshod

Mark is an ____ juggler who can easily manager four flaming batons in the air without dropping one.

• adept

• bleak

• invincible

• rugged