Choosing the Right Word P.120

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. Today scientists smile wryly at the​ (a)   notion that the earth is flat, but in earlier times it was an accepted fact.

• preposterous
• sparse

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. I would not agree to run for public office before receiving ​ (a)   of support from important groups in the community.

• assurance
• dross

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. I agree with some of the speaker’s ideas, but I find her ​ (a)   enthusiasm for crackpot causes hard to take.

• rabid
• sparse

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. The college swim team went on an overseas ​ (a)   to compete with teams from all parts of Southeast Asia.

• venture
• dross

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. The hired man agreed to testify against his boss in exchange for ​ (a)   against charges related to the crime.

• immunity
• assurance

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. The ​​ (a)   had a strict policy that new members could not be admitted without a thorough review and background check.

• institute
• venture

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. To meet stricter industry standards, manufacturers will have to (a)   new systems of quality control.

• institute
• remunerate

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. No doubt the instructor knows a great deal about ecology, but is there any need for her to on threats to​ (a)   the environment at such great length?

• dilate
• venture

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. I know better than to ​ ​ (a)   into a canoe that a novice will paddle upstream against a crosswind.

• venture
• dilate

Select the boldface word that better completes each sentence. Clear away the ​ (a)   of false ideas from your mind and take a long, hard look at reality.

• dross
• immunity