4000 Essential Words 3- Unit 21

1. She quickly became ______ to the new school and made many friends.

• accustomed

• emphasis

• hollow

• leak

The candlelight was too ______ to read by, so she moved closer to the fireplace.

• glow

• dim

• stiff

• hollow

Birds are born with the ______ to migrate south in the winter without being taught.

• stroke

• instinct

• joint

• emphasis

The teacher asked the student to ______ that his answer was correct before moving on.

• affirm

• seize

• tune

• leak

She was ______ when she found out that she had won first place in the competition.

• astonished

• stiff

• dim

• tragic

After the long journey, they sat down to enjoy a delicious ______ prepared by their hosts.

• feast

• stroke

• sacrifice

• tune

There was a ______ in the roof, causing water to drip into the house during the storm.

• joint

• glow

• leak

• emphasis

The famous ______ of the tortoise and the hare teaches that slow and steady wins the race.

• bang

• stroke

• leak

• fable

The teacher placed great ______ on the importance of reading every day.

• instinct

• tragedy

• emphasis

• feast

The poet wrote about the ______ love story of two people who could never be together.

• joint

• tragic

• instinct

• glow