Unit 3 Set B: Choosing the Right Word Page 44

The fact that Abraham Lincoln was able to (a)   the handicap of a limited education does not mean that you should quit school.

• surmount
• condone

One can’t become a good writer just by (a)   closely to rules laid down in standard grammar books.

• surmounting
• adhering

The comforting presence of relatives did much to (a)   the patient’s feelings of alarm at the thought of undergoing major surgery.

• exorcise
• pilfer

The robber barons of an earlier era often acted more like (a)   than ethical businessmen in their dealings with the public.

• marauders
• adherents

Their (a)   faces and other-worldly voices almost made me believe that the music they were singing was coming from an ethereal place.

• cherubic
• trite

Unless we repair the (a)   in our party and present a united front, we will go down in crushing defeat in the upcoming election.

• rifts
• adherents

Apparently, our cat is a very successful (a)   who finds toys and articles of clothing in neighbors’ yards and brings them all home to us.

• rift
• marauder

I do not entirely​ (a)   your misconduct, but I can understand, to a degree, why you behaved as you did.​

• exorcise
• condone

If you ever saw how vigorously my dog attacks his food, practically inhaling it, you would understand why I accuse him of (a)   .

• gluttony
• adherent 

Her speech was so (a)   that one could almost anticipate the phrases she would use next.

• cherubic
• trite