Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two

Hollywood studios _______ theaters with big-budget action movies during the summer season, so by fall, we are tired of seeing them.

• banter
• glut
• veer
• minimize

Each year, falls __________ thousands of people, and many are never able to return to work.

• veer
• minimize
• maim
• venerate

Casual ____________ helps to pass the time when you are on a long journey.

• banter
• antics
• detriments
• wantons

As a/an _______________ supporter of women's rights, she believes that men and women should receive the same pay if they do the same jobs.

• gingerly
• bountiful
• oblique
• avowed

We are grateful for the ______________ legacy that our great artists and musicians have given us.

• bountiful
• antics
• glut
• congested

Why do you suppose someone whose face is known all over the world would want to travel __________________?

• obliquely
• enterprising
• incognito
• glutted

I will not try to __________________ the difficulties we face, but I am sure that we can overcome them by working together. 

• minimize
• banter 
• venerate
• veer

The ____________ acts of Batman are so well-known that some wish he was around to keep the city safe.

• wanton
• incognito
• legendary
• durable

Self-confidence is a great quality, but if it is carried too far, it can be a/an ____________ to success in life.

• oblique
• enterprising
• detriment
• frugal

Instead of just waiting for things to get better by themselves, we must be more _____________ in working for improvements.

• enterprising
• incognito
• wanton
• legendary