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Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Unit 3 Level B

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Even those who do not like New York must admit that it is a truly _______________ city, quite unlike any other in the world.

a)

literate

b)

unique

2.

The American people must take action right now to deal with the problem of pollution that _______________ so large on our horizon.

a)

looms

b)

seethes

3.

You may make friends very easily, but if you continue to be so ____________, you aren't going to keep them for long.

a)

peevish

b)

upright

4.

The _____________ of her reputation as a friend of humanity has grown brighter with the years.

a)

luster

b)

loom

5.

All of the students in Sandra's advanced weaving class are making small rugs on their portable

a)

looms

b)

goads

6.

Gerame has such a store of ________________ information in his head that we have nicknamed him "The Encyclopedia"

a)

miscellaneous

b)

downright

7.

It's all right for us to disagree, but let's argue about the facts only, without _______________ in name-calling.

a)

hankering

b)

indulging

8.

"If you choose to play with fire," I warned them, "you run the risk of ________________ your fingers."

a)

singeing

b)

animating

9.

Probably no _______________ in American history is so well known and beloved as Lincoln's address on the battlefield of Gettysburg.

a)

luster

b)

oration

10.

Neither threats nor force will ___________ me into doing something that in my heart I know is wrong.

a)

indulge

b)

goad

11.

Instead of ________________ about the misfortunes that have befallen you, why don't you go out and do something to correct the situation?

a)

droning

b)

brooding

c)

hankering

d)

lustering

12.

The man was not just "a little careless" in handling the club's funds; he was _______________ dishonest!

a)

upright

b)

seethingly

c)

downright

d)

peevishly

13.

It was really difficult to hear the speaker because of the steady _______________ of airplanes landing, taxiing, and taking off.

a)

oration

b)

goad

c)

drone

d)

singe

14.

Each year the professional football season _______________ in the Super Bowl.

a)

broods

b)

indulges

c)

looms

d)

culminates

15.

Modern scientists often try to ____________ their ideas and theories by conducting extensive experiments in their laboratories.

a)

loom

b)

indulge

c)

seethe

d)

verify

16.

This magazine is published not for a mass circulation but for a very small audience of highly _______________ people.

a)

unique

b)

literate

c)

miscellaneous

d)

animated

17.

Friday afternoon, all of us were _______________ for a relaxing enjoyable weekend.

a)

indulging

b)

seething

c)

hankering

d)

animating

18.

I have my doubts about people who spend too much time telling the world how noble and _____________ they are.

a)

downright

b)

literate

c)

upright

d)

unique

19.

The school board candidate delivered a stirring, twenty-minute _______________ on her plans for lowering the district's dropout rate.

a)

constituent

b)

downright

c)

oration

d)

goad

20.

An important _______________ of what is commonly called luck is the willingness to take chances when an opportunity appears.

a)

animation

b)

constituent

c)

oration

d)

culmination